Example sentences of "from the big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big firm thus minimises its holding of stock , and the small firm must bear the brunt of stockholding costs by holding sufficient stocks of its own finished goods to meet any order which comes from the big firm . |
| 2 | Adele , the younger of the two sisters although some privately reckoned that she looked a little drawn-in and slightly older than Angelica , was wiping down the flour from the big kitchen table as they came through the door . |
| 3 | Then , when the rice and meat were ready , Mina fetched some pots of river-water from the big copper container in the corner and everyone washed their hands where they were sitting round the fire . |
| 4 | The inquest was local , held in the parish hall and presided over by a doctor from the big resort town further down the lake . |
| 5 | Cliff 's contribution to the Palace cause would have been worth recording if it had stopped there at the end of 1962–63 , with Palace safely in mid-table but , twelve months later , and courtesy of 20 goals from the big man himself , we were back in Division Two after an absence of 39 years . |
| 6 | Derry have scored four goals in their last five games with three of those coming from the big striker . |
| 7 | It seemed that all the other Minpins from the big tree had turned up as well to witness the great victory over the dreaded Gruncher . |
| 8 | Mr Tudor , who farms , near Welshpool , is just back from the big SIAL international food exhibition in Paris . |
| 9 | Klaus Ebert poured two brandies from the big decanter then turned back , offering one to his son . |
| 10 | Susan was tempted to remodel her dream image as ‘ Phyllis Dietrichsen ’ from Double Indemnity , flashing her jewelled anklet and casting off her used-up men like old cleanses , or ‘ Vivian Sternwood ’ from The Big Sleep , brushing aside her curtain of hair and trading innuendoes over cigarettes with Philip Marlowe . |
| 11 | Malton trainer Jimmy FitzGerald has withdrawn Gold Options from the big race after watching Trainglot fail to complete a circuit in the Sun Alliance Novices Hurdle . |
| 12 | If governments had not run such deficits then the slump would have been far deeper , since the deficits worked partially to offset the collapse in demand which resulted from the big increase in OPEC savings and fall in investment . |
| 13 | BBC Radio Cleveland contributes to the week with a daily mix of live programmes from the big top . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ The market is definitely thawing out from the big freeze we experienced last year , and it is thawing out from the bottom up . |
| 15 | NEWS FROM THE BIG COUNTRY |
| 16 | ‘ And that was the latest sound from the Big Mac Boys . |
| 17 | She disinterred two frozen TV dinners from the big freezer in the basement and put them into the oven to heat . |
| 18 | Most papers did not mind , however , for the government restrictions kept their paper and printing costs low and enabled them to make good profits from the big demand for advertising space . |
| 19 | In this notebook , recording my random thoughts day after day as I work on the big glass , I can keep my distance from the big glass . |
| 20 | ‘ The focus is moving from the big hardware and into the software , ’ a spokeswoman for nCube Inc , Foster City , California told Reuter . |
| 21 | The only light came from the big fire . |
| 22 | Realising that she would probably be dismissed on the spot if Esther should discover her , she closeted herself in the pantry and proceeded to pour herself a glass of sarsaparilla from the big earthenware jug there . |
| 23 | My thoughts are interrupted by Mick from the big house . |
| 24 | You see Eve 's mother was from Westlands — from the big house beyond . |
| 25 | They sang together , played by ear on the old upright that someone from the big house had thrown out and they had retrieved . |
| 26 | The locus of power over village decision-making has therefore receded from the Big House to County Hall and on , in many cases , to Whitehall . |
| 27 | If was a far cry from the big house that they 'd lived in as far back as she could remember . |
| 28 | It was necessary to remove the stainless steel split pins from the big end nuts — easier said than done considering that the crank shaft was seized solid and the position of some of the big ends in relation to the crankcase wall made access to them almost impossible . |
| 29 | When Sweetheart fixed her hair and make-up a certain way and dressed up in the clothes she made on her treadle sewing machine , she looked for all the world like Jane Russell come to life from the big screen . |
| 30 | Something from the big screen to the stage with the musical comedy STEPPING OUT and the heart warming play ON GOLDEN POND starring Googie Withers , John McCallum and Julia Foster . |