Example sentences of "was the first big " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was the first big break for you ? |
| 2 | The whole Manc/baggy palaver was the first big wave of Britpop cool that 's never owned an NUJ card . |
| 3 | After nearly 8,000 reported attacks on foreigners since the start of 1992 , it was the first big , violent public reaction . |
| 4 | It was the first big closure to be actually implemented . |
| 5 | It was the first big step towards mechanising industry and then transport . |
| 6 | Safeway was the first big store to sell organically farmed meat , and in June last year it introduced lamb to the range . |
| 7 | He was the first big money(950,000) signning by Allan Clark , personally I think Clark just signed him because everybody else was spending absurd amounts money on crap , this was about the time malcolm allison was spending 1 to 2 million quid every other week on unknown bits of shit , so clarke thought lets join in . |
| 8 | It was the first big opera he 'd conducted and he just did n't know how to do that , how to pace himself Incidentally he did the same thing when we recorded Peter Grimes and Reggie had to come in and help finish the recording . |