Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the big time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Universities are ready to go for the big time and exploit their earning capacity in a way they have n't in the past . |
| 2 | I mentioned earlier this year ( 24 January ) the plight of a useful local scavenger , the scrapman , faced by a battery of anti-pollution legislation , intended for the big time operators . |
| 3 | Brothers Max ( the mechanic ) and Edwin ( the engine tuner ) both raced themselves ( bikes and car rallies respectively ) but quit when it became obvious that Bradl was destined for the big time . |
| 4 | Because that 's the way you develop players , give them a chance of first-grade football and get them used to operating in the big time . |
| 5 | Those behind the Premier League shudder at the prospect of them heading for the big time . |
| 6 | As a special mark of favour , Rainbow has brought Naomi to see the acting debut of a lesbian country-and-western heart-throb who 's branching out and sidling towards the big time . |
| 7 | Paul Newman , older , of course , and Steve McQueen arrived in the big time , too . |
| 8 | Take That have n't had an easy time of it breaking into the big time . |
| 9 | NOVELL AIMS FOR THE BIG TIME WITH RELEASE 4.0 OF NETWARE |
| 10 | Caine says the sacking was the first of many set-backs before he broke into the big time more than a decade later with films like Zulu and Alfie . |
| 11 | But Newton , known in the dressing room as ‘ Isaac ’ , still has to pinch himself to be sure he really has arrived in the big time . |
| 12 | As a player Denis Smith was a concrete block of a centre half with Stoke City … and most of his career was spent in the big time … |
| 13 | Paddy Ashdown really is convinced that he can take the Lib Dems into the big time but not just yet . |
| 14 | WISE CHILDREN Angela Carter Carter 's obsession with performance gets a final airing as twin sister vaudeville actresses go to Hollywood and aim for the big time . |
| 15 | That means that after years of scrimping and saving at Charlton Lawrence should enjoy the luxury of preparing for the big time with money to spend . |
| 16 | So Barnes , a 25-year-old who was in park football two years ago , could be pitched into the big time barely a year after revolutionary surgery in the States saved his career . |
| 17 | Lennie knows he has n't any time to play with if Boro are to stay in the big time . |
| 18 | But old boss Beck knows Dublin will come back fighting : ‘ The lad has battled hard to get to the big time and he wo n't forget where he 's come from . ’ |