Example sentences of "[adv prt] a large [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He walked over to one of the shelves in the end wall and took down a large box-file . |
| 2 | Although the output reductions are a worry in themselves , they do at least suggest that the industry is not about to start laying down a large supply of surplus whisky that could upset prices in the future . |
| 3 | This means that British Coal has to shut down a large amount of its production capacity , and this they attempted last autumn . |
| 4 | She did not stop to think , and when the Rabbit ran down a large rabbit-hole , Alice followed it immediately . |
| 5 | He took down a large earthenware flask from a shelf above the range , unstoppered it , and poured a measure of golden liquid into Cleo 's mug . |
| 6 | As for affirmations , well , when slogging away to meet a deadline I 've found that repeating , ‘ You 're tougher than you think ’ while gulping down a large glass of gin works a treat . |
| 7 | She heard the slap-slap of his brush as he filled in a large area of sky . |
| 8 | Either send in a large team , which would eventually draw attention to itself ; use a sleeper , which would only cause its own problems ; or call in a loner . |
| 9 | Involve the children in the selection of books for the library by asking the school 's library service or a book shop to regularly send along a large range of new titles on a sale or return basis and let the children have a say in what 's bought on their behalf . |
| 10 | When Daine had first come to the City , he had — I knew for a fact — taken over a large proportion of the vice business that had been run by Paul Muni , a mobster whose empire had fallen thanks mainly to the investigative efforts and single-mindedness of — you guessed it — criminologist Claude Rains . |
| 11 | However , if the force-carrying particles have a high mass , it will be difficult to produce and exchange them over a large distance . |
| 12 | Seconds later , he asked me urgently to bring over a large roll of cotton-wool . |
| 13 | Even today surgeons turn over a large number of patients for hymen replacements or repairs carried out in the strictest confidence and secrecy . |
| 14 | He looked at my passport , then handed over a large envelope . |
| 15 | Yet another method was to harness the fish , with a thin silk cord that unwound over a large pulley , actuating an electric relay once every revolution . |
| 16 | Only a few answers are actually printed of course , and we endeavour to choose questions ranging over a large area . |
| 17 | That means that in order to stimulate over a large area the intensity of stimulation at the input site is likely to be many orders of magnitudes in excess of normal levels of electrical or chemical activity . |
| 18 | I can assure you it 's very easy to become lost in the New Zealand bush , and this one stretches over a large area . ’ |
| 19 | For colouring large areas or items of icing or marzipan , however , it is still better to shade the icing first so that a more even tone is obtained — painting over a large area in a single colour can be patchy and uneven . |
| 20 | A man with his back to her bent over a large table covered with papers , his silver hair catching the light from an overhead lamp . |
| 21 | An error found at one position was assumed to apply over a large region of the workspace . |
| 22 | The headmaster looked as if he was fighting off a large insect that was homing in on his neck . |
| 23 | Sergeant Cork made more than sure it would not enter the battle : setting off a large demolition charge , he was killed in the blast . |
| 24 | The girls grin did not alter at all as she drew her right hand from her sleeve , holding a large , ancient , projectile-firing pistol , and blew off a large bit of the creature 's head . |
| 25 | Ten black men took a sledge-hammer to the work , and knocked off a large part of his face . |
| 26 | Omnipotent in Dublin , the Republic have the players — Whelan , Houghton , Aldridge , Cascarino , Sheedy , O'Leary — to see off a large part of the opposition in Italy . |
| 27 | Fearful of protests or violence by citizens outraged by the army 's brutal assault on Tiananmen on 4 June , armed troops cordoned off a large area of central Peking , admitting only hand-picked spectators into the square . |
| 28 | It also has an ‘ enable tracer ’ which cuts down the time needed to run off a large number of copies from one disc . |
| 29 | Here we faced a familiar dilemma : the Department of Transport and the county council were seeking to improve a trunk road and , seeing a large area of parkland , decided to take the new road through the park , cutting off a large swathe near the main entrance gates . |
| 30 | He peeled off a large piece of newspaper from the top and unwrapped five small parcels , inside which lay several home-baked cakes . |