Example sentences of "big [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was young — and that was big money at the time . |
| 2 | but they want seven and I want to put that big bit at the bottom . |
| 3 | The whole household walked them out to the big Ford at the end of the lane . |
| 4 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 5 | OLYMPIC cycling star Chris Boardman may have been our big winner at the Games , but the biggest winner of all was his little boy , Edward . |
| 6 | Peter Swales , Manchester City chief and a big wheel at the FA , was one . |
| 7 | When he closed his eyes , the room seemed to be turning over and over , like the Big Wheel at the fairground … . |
| 8 | Quietly , Connor crossed the room , opening the door cautiously so as not to waken his parents in the big bedroom at the other end of the landing . |
| 9 | Well I 've got a , mm , got a big wood at the back of my place I |
| 10 | Something the Wild Geese used to say — the Irish soldiers who had fled Ireland after that big battle at the end of the seventeenth century when they were dying on foreign battlefields they used to say : ‘ Would that this were for Ireland . ’ |
| 11 | Porter International scored a big hit at the National Conference of the Steel Structures Painting Council , held in Kansas City , Missouri , by mounting a screen show on several computer terminals . |
| 12 | The Prime Minister has , like Eden before him , become both bogged down and boxed in by one big issue at the expense of the general election mandate secured only the previous year . |
| 13 | As I watched , the big window at the front of the caravan shattered — and the Curse flew through the air and fell onto Rodney , who screeched with outrage . |
| 14 | By nine in the evening I was fully conscious and observed out of the big window at the end of the room the light beginning to drain from a violet sky . |
| 15 | I 've got a big wardrobe at the moment but it mainly consists of shoes — I bought these boots from Read or Dead . ’ |
| 16 | That 's why , for instance , it 's easier to produce a big conference at the Brighton Conference Centre where there is almost austere simplicity than it is in Blackpool 's charming but inflexible Winter Gardens . |
| 17 | You might also ask them if they had a big hi-jacking at the end of May . |
| 18 | This is rather like the big bang at the beginning of time , only it would be an end of time for the collapsing body and the astronaut . |
| 19 | More fun , Carrie thought , and was glad she had n't been left behind , as some of her friends had been , in the big town at the other end of the valley . |
| 20 | and tomorrow do n't forget its the big match at the County Ground … the Central South derby Swindon against Oxford … its all ticket kick-off at seven forty five . |
| 21 | This was the big moment at the Brussels motor show today the unveiling of Jaguars new super car . |
| 22 | It 's got quite a big shed at the back . |
| 23 | November is the time for our big Rally at the Crystal Palace Sports Centre ; this year it will be on Saturday the 24th . |
| 24 | THE BIG DAY AT THE CHURCH |
| 25 | The big race at the meeting apart from the National is the Martell Aintree Hurdle and here the Downpatrick connections of Novello Allegro will be hoping for a cut in the ground . |
| 26 | he was a big name at the time , Laepol Stokowski |
| 27 | Another winner at the weekend was the Oxfordshire based rider David O'Connor who rode home to take the big prize at the British Open Horse Trials at Gatcombe Park . |
| 28 | Another winner at the weekend was the Oxfordshire based rider David O'Connor who rode home to take the big prize at the British Open Horse Trials at Gatcombe Park . |
| 29 | The canoe moved swiftly south from Oahu , west of Molokai , towards the Big Island at the southernmost tip of the Hawaiian chain . |
| 30 | there 's a big notice at the end of the lane which says |