Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Rome , central areas such as the Piazza di Spagna , Via Condotti and Via Veneto are particularly well decorated , while in Piazza San Pietro [ St. Peter 's Square ] crowds flock to see a big Christmas tree — a gift from Austria — together with a Nativity scene . |
| 2 | In spite of government protestations to the contrary , privatisation lies at the heart of the proposals : commercial and voluntary sector provision will be expanded , local authority provision will contract and informal carers will be expected to carry a bigger load . |
| 3 | Heart 's desire : Jeffrey Archer who wants to play a bigger role in politics |
| 4 | So if you want to camouflage a big feature , keep it matt . |
| 5 | Well I I want to have a big picture of England on the wall on which I can start to tick off bits as we get them . |
| 6 | or someone has to take a , a bi a co company has to take a big lot off . |
| 7 | Both Boeing and McDonnell Douglas are making shorter versions of their small jets , and Holland 's Fokker wants to make a bigger version of its 100-seater . |
| 8 | The delay is due to the complex documentation required , X/Open claims , saying that it wants to make a big splash for XPG4 , now scheduled for the Autumn . |
| 9 | And the chairman also has to make a big speech on the first day . |
| 10 | An acquaintance who is well-informed as to the intentions of the Liberals writes to me that they propose to make a big plan of public works the centre of their election programme . |
| 11 | Eddie Bleasdale , managing director of Bleasdale Computer Systems , sums up : ‘ We never want to become a big company because it is just not our scene . |
| 12 | Flowers made an excellent save from Roy Keane three minutes later as United threatened to record a big win . |
| 13 | SIR Richard Attenborough plans to direct a big screen version of the West End hit Shadowlands . |
| 14 | Analysts briefed by IBM said that the company is seeking to rally a big show of support for the Workplace OS when it is launched , and that enhancements for both PC-DOS and OS/2 are in the works . |
| 15 | When I mentioned Spain , it seemed to make a big difference . |
| 16 | I remember my father saying earlier that we 're going to see a big television . |
| 17 | The Scots go into their concluding match today knowing that they can afford to lose to England and still take the title — provided that neither Ireland nor Wales manage to secure a big win in their clash this morning . |
| 18 | ‘ Bernard gave me four new tyres for my own car as payment but kept saying , ‘ I 'm going to open a big factory one day and have you as works ' manager ’ . ’ |
| 19 | But for the last week or two he 's had to use a bigger bag . |
| 20 | ‘ They 've said they 're going to do a big media blitz for us at the end of this week . ’ |
| 21 | I was n't going to rush around buying horribly expensive things like smoke salmon that I could n't afford , I was going to do a big family feast and I was going to get in a few games like the monopoly or lotto or you know , I just , I have n't worked it out but I thought oh what fun |
| 22 | ‘ But I 'm not going to get a big head about it or anything . |
| 23 | I end up wanting to look thinner ; I 'd like to have a big nose because I am fed up with people telling me mine is ‘ cute' ; I 'd like to have naturally dark eyebrows and eyelashes , so I would n't look like a heroin addict without any make-up on ; straighter teeth , no spots and a better haircut . |
| 24 | it would , you 've got to have a big spread really have n't ya ? |
| 25 | We suggest that the first-born child tends to get a bigger party and more presents than subsequent children . |
| 26 | You 're going to have a big party tomorrow . ’ |
| 27 | Central South would like to say a big thankyou to the thousands of people across the region who helped raise money . |
| 28 | Remember though , you can only do this in open water ; if there are snags around you can bet the bream will head for them , and there is no way you are going to stop a big bream on 2lb line . |
| 29 | The Stacker device driver is pretty big — 40Kb — and unless this can be loaded high , it 's going to take a big chunk of Conventional memory . |
| 30 | There are no structural changes in the villa itself except that the wall between it and the gamekeeper 's quarters is to be demolished to make a bigger kitchen . |