Example sentences of "[adv prt] big " in BNC.
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1 | With Tyson gone and Tucker 's prominence chequered in the continuing row over who Lewis should fight first , King has no charismatic heavyweight to bring in big money so sees Chavez as his passport into Mexico , where the fighter is viewed almost as a God and where vast live gates and previously untapped pay-per-view television income looms large . |
2 | The essential financial underpinning of English cricket remains the five-day test match against other cricket-playing countries ; tests still bring in big crowds , and the money they earn helps the financially struggling county teams . |
3 | Present manager Howard Wilkinson has splashed out millions to bring in big names like Gary McAllister , Tony Dorigo , Rod Wallace and David Rocastle — and won the League title . |
4 | Zeelenberg is n't worried by those who question his sanity at turning down big cash incentives from Rothmans and Lucky Strike . |
5 | But it does n't go down big in our circles . |
6 | ‘ I can see why that went down big in the South of France . |
7 | This story went over big with the seven and five-year olds in my party . |
8 | It went over big with me too . |
9 | And TUBA , TCP and UDP over Big Addresses , is a means to combine TCP/IP and International Standards Organisation standards to accommodate larger Open Systems Interconnection-based addresses that will support both TCP/IP and ISO-based applications . |
10 | And TUBA , TCP and UDP over Big Addresses , is a means to combine TCP/IP and ISO standards to accommodate larger OSI-based addresses that will support both TCP/IP and ISO-based applications . |
11 | With me , that went over big . |
12 | The accompaniment must paint the general background mood of the piece , and rhythmic designs can persist over big areas and only break off if there is a very definite change of mood or subject matter . |
13 | O'Hare , a 21-year-old from Newry , was the hero of Coleraine 's penalty shoot-out wins over big guns Portadown and Glentoran in the earlier rounds . |
14 | ‘ He has that Attila the Hun touch which rarely goes over big in diplomatic circles . ’ |
15 | It is rare for an Indie band to take off big on the strength of a first record . |
16 | ‘ Window cleaners do n't speak of bringing off big deals , Mr Vigo . ’ |
17 | WORLD champion boxer Chris Eubank fought off Big Breakfast show presenter Paula Yates , above , when she tried to bed him for an interview on screen yesterday . |
18 | Reading winger James Lambert , 19 , will sign a new three-and-a-half year contract before today 's clash with Stockport to warn off big clubs hunting his signature . |
19 | Gazza laughs off big derby pressure |
20 | After about a week she was tearing off big lumps of the dead chicks I was feeding her . |
21 | Splinters flew off Big Ben . |
22 | Light filtered through dimly from various shafts and , here and there , bounced off big mirrors that had been mortared into angles of the passage . |
23 | His predecessor 's pet title , Computer News , closed after running up big losses . |
24 | They did not seem very interested in business , though they ran up big drinks bills for us and would occasionally ruffle our hair or squeeze our balls with an experienced touch , weighing us up , as it were . |
25 | In setting up big rallies in Berlin 's Olympic Stadium in 1981 , we had two committee members in London ( my wife Marlies and me ) , two in Berlin and two in the United States ( living in Virginia Beach and Los Angeles ) . |
26 | James ( 4.2 ) : When I 'm grown up big I shall be like a giant , and I shall be up here and I shall look down at you and you will say , ‘ What are you doing up there ? ’ |
27 | TRAP TWO : Running up big bills on credit cards means you 'll have trouble paying off the full debt when the statement arives . |
28 | Wilfred Harte , 65 , was enraged because they were always watching TV and running up big electricity bills , the Old Bailey heard . |
29 | Debra , 26 , and Graham , 28 , like millions of Britons , had run up big debts . |
30 | And some are even notching up big increases when their companies are LOSING money , a report reveals today . |