Example sentences of "and a big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resident Simon Halliwell says ‘ This place is a gift for a person with a big ego and a big wallet and in the long term they wo n't be of any use to the island . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It 's all about having quality players and a big squad . |
| 3 | Upstairs I shall have a small flat , a kitchen and bathroom and a big bed-sitting-room ; the other big bedrooms I shall turn into classrooms . " |
| 4 | I stole some bread , cheese and a big meat pie , hoping that , as there was a lot of food ready for Christmas , nobody would notice what was missing . |
| 5 | And then we had this pig woman who , who erm who wore men 's clothes and a big cap and she had a horse and cart . |
| 6 | and a big cap . |
| 7 | But to show he was independent and a big boy he had lately taken to spelling his name with a small letter : martin . |
| 8 | Nice walls and a big sky to look at . ’ |
| 9 | There were speckly eggs in trays on the shelf , slabs of pale , oozy butter , and a big bowl of milk with a skin of cream on the top . |
| 10 | She laid the table in the kitchen , putting out the bread and a big bowl of dripping , and then made the cocoa . |
| 11 | Getting near Richmond Row going up to Rose Hill Police Station , and a big feller comes to Mowat 's side appealing to him to let his mate go . |
| 12 | ‘ And a big hotel , ’ said the other man . |
| 13 | Across the back of the house was a kitchen , a bathroom and a big breakfast room with steps leading down to the back garden . |
| 14 | On the kitchen table were three loaves of freshly-baked bread , a full butter dish and a big bread knife . |
| 15 | The children 's menu was good value in our local restaurant , a converted olive-mill called Le Moulin de la Gardiole , where steaks cooked with herbs , perfect chips , salad and a big cornet of blue ice-cream cost £5.50 . |
| 16 | Ca n't tell you how long a journey it was back in the fog from Liverpool that day , and then when we were relegated back again to the third division it was on the last match of the season against Charlton , and the heavens opened and a big thunder storm and it just flooded the pitch and the referee just called the match off and they had to play it again the following Friday and Charlton ran out two-one winners and Walsall finished with nine fit men and still that 's the football I suppose . |
| 17 | As they usually occur in the afternoon , the learners may be tired and sleepy after a busy morning and a big lunch . |
| 18 | And a big stick comes in useful too . |
| 19 | Either that or go down there to this guy with black hair and a big beard and stop him womanising , gambling and drinking . |
| 20 | Their rapacious habits have been the subject of bloody hyperbole in films and bestsellers , so everybody knows that the shark has ranks of fearsome , pointed teeth , an elegant , incessant swishing swimming motion , a tail with a long ‘ point ’ uppermost , and a big appetite . |
| 21 | and a big hole which will give a low resistance , you get a terrific amount |
| 22 | If we spot the fish we can cast directly to them with strong tackle and a big bait , or we can move from swim to swim until we find where a big barbel or two are feeding . |
| 23 | Growing up among the tough men of Cornwall , Harry had come to believe that popularity was all ; that it could be bought with success , and that success could be got by a closed fist and a big voice . |
| 24 | And a big bow |
| 25 | Donna came out into the arrivals concourse at Heathrow wearing Day-Glo cycling shorts , a shiny purple baseball cap and a big T-shirt emblazoned with the words KEYCUTTERS DO IT WHILE YOU WAIT . |
| 26 | Nat let him in and went to fetch Tony who appeared wearing a pair of boxer shorts and a big smile . |
| 27 | Aha a wee course and a big course . |
| 28 | I had to try and get a bit of kip on the crumbling sofa with a torch in one hand and a big bit of four by two in the other , ready to whack any of the mice if they came out to get us . |
| 29 | There , voters opt for the individual and a big chunk of campaign money is spent on what we call ‘ name identification — getting voters to know your candidate 's name . |
| 30 | Blame this renewed interest on a string of business scandals : Drexel Burnham Lambert , Guinness , Salomon Brothers , Robert Maxwell and Recruit , not forgetting Olivetti , Fiat and a big chunk of the rest of corporate Italy ; the list can seem endless . |