Example sentences of "[v-ing] the big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth is that my women friends really would n't feel much better if they were 19 going on 20 , 29 approaching 30 or nudging the big Four-O . |
| 2 | The whole point of allowing the big schemes to go ahead at this difficult economic time , after all , is not just to get roads and railway lines built but to cut unemployment and get the economy moving . |
| 3 | The next morning the girls woke to the incessant clatter of the mowing arm circling the big meadow . |
| 4 | She went to the stone sink , scrubbed her hands under the single cold tap and set off on her perambulations again , slowly circling the big pine table , moving in and out of the gibbous pool of light shed by the candles . |
| 5 | Using the biggest pot you have simply plunge it into lots of boiling salted water . |
| 6 | rather than keep using the big tins for the school . |
| 7 | It was a poor match for the 1,019 crowd to endure and with both sides using the big boot upfield on the sloping pitch , it was n't a game for the purists . |
| 8 | A report by the Confederation of British Industry says Britain is enjoying the biggest increase in business confidence for ten years . |
| 9 | Bringing the big boys in under a UN flag is exposing a clash of styles ; they tend to have their own way of doing things and there is pressure on the organisation to conform . |
| 10 | Equally , his brace against Manchester United in our last match of 1990–91 ( co-incidentally also his own 150th Palace appearance ) demonstrated that he was on the verge of international recognition , with the second one , struck from fully 30 yards , bringing the big crowd to its feet in salute . |
| 11 | They were bringing the big fellow in on the three o'clock train . |
| 12 | When Vincent wrote impulsively to congratulate Mauve on completing the big work he had laboured at for so long , he got no reply . |
| 13 | Yet it now looks inevitable that MPs and unions will be demanding the big spending schemes aimed at putting Britain back to work do exactly that . |
| 14 | We began producing the big catalogues to go with the shows . |
| 15 | Following this unhappy enterprise , Douglas began producing the biggest picture of his career , Spartacus , which Anthony Mann was set to direct . |
| 16 | This aptitude is often referred to as ‘ seeing the big picture ’ , ‘ seeing the forest not the trees ’ , or the ‘ helicopter ability ’ . |
| 17 | He is an authority on UK food law and is described as ‘ the scourge of manufacturers who adulterate or cheat on food standards … someone who never hesitates in tackling the biggest companies ’ . |
| 18 | Wild Bill Clinton shows he 's a real front runner when tackling the big issues . |
| 19 | The Finance Houses Association , representing the biggest finance houses , told us that many of their members would say that a personal interview in an applicant 's own home , allowing the personal judgment of an experienced assessor , and an element of ‘ gut-feeling ’ would be the ideal . |
| 20 | Today , CD-A looks like becoming the biggest success in consumer electronics since the television . |
| 21 | Mr Nyers and his reformists now stand a very good chance of becoming the biggest party in the new parliament . |
| 22 | At the beginning of the century , chemistry and physics had still been fairly cheap : the expensive sciences were astronomy and exploration with its associated natural history , the Humboldtian programme ; but by the latter half of the century physics and chemistry , though still to our eyes heavily dependent on sealing wax and string , were becoming the big science of the day . |
| 23 | The Welshman was again in a class of his own , but a time of 13.14secs was not fast enough to prevent pole vaulter Sergey Bubka landing the big prize . |
| 24 | University College is celebrating one of its old boys landing the biggest job in world politics . |
| 25 | ‘ Enter the professional tour with sound basic strokes and complete all round game before challenging the big guys on the tour . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're always takin' the biggest bits , ’ accused Linda . |
| 27 | They got a lot of overheads just keeping the big boys off their necks — kickbacks , blood-money , you name it . |
| 28 | Passing the biggest bulge on the first pitch is probably the crux of the climb , more because of the glossy nature of the rock than any real technical difficulty . |
| 29 | Passing the big scoreboard behind the grandstand on the south side of the 18th green he saw that Doctor Stevie had returned a gross score of 81 which , with his handicap , gave him a ‘ net ’ 66 . |
| 30 | believing the big break is round every corner |