Example sentences of "[verb] the big [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More significantly , the Government yesterday made the biggest effort yet to defuse the row by saying the two Central Office officials ' visit had been cleared by the Tory chairman , Sir Norman Fowler , but Major himself had known nothing about it . |
| 2 | Come in with me as my lieutenant , and we 'll make the biggest fortune ever seen in Cornwall . |
| 3 | They were bringing the big fellow in on the three o'clock train . |
| 4 | A SUSPICIOUS car dealer foiled a Provisional IRA plot to plant the biggest bomb ever in London . |
| 5 | I mean the biggest thing really I think my interest in all this to get secure trade from us |
| 6 | Barney explained the intricacies of the pre-selector gearbox , after which Julie engaged first gear and , with a slight jolt , moved the big car slowly down the station drive . |
| 7 | Many businessmen say the big switch on is proving a big switch off for shoppers . |
| 8 | But he added : ‘ The players who 've enjoyed the biggest success abroad have been those who 've blended in and learned the language . ’ |
| 9 | Lester Piggott provided the York magic yesterday and he looks the biggest danger here on another unlucky Goodwood horse , Mudaffar . |
| 10 | As she set up her tables and put the big kettle on to boil , she made a point of taking Annie aside . |
| 11 | Put the toast in while I take out their coffees , then put the big frying-pan on . ’ |
| 12 | Most of the time , though he was in fourth gear , a long-legged overdrive which wafted the big saloon along effortlessly . |
| 13 | That was right through and then once they got it right through , they cut the big chamber then . |
| 14 | Then came the big leap forward : running the 50-branch network in his Geordie home patch . |
| 15 | Chen saw how the man came across , wary of Karr , eyeing the big man up and down as if to assess how much trouble he might be . |
| 16 | They turned the big light on . |
| 17 | In the ensuing interstellar search — thuddingly reminiscent of Second Foundation — the characters run true to Asimovian form , sitting in boardrooms or ( indistinguishably ) spaceship cabins to discuss the big situation out there . |
| 18 | But this autumn will provide the biggest test yet , with Dance Energy , a 10-part BBC2 series about the new ‘ dance culture ’ , to be screened at 6.30 pm on Mondays . |
| 19 | In the coming month , I 'm going to surf the biggest wave ever seen . |
| 20 | My husband was a native New Yorker , and I could never get him to leave the Big Apple even for a holiday . |
| 21 | It was then , after a storm that had blown for seven days at speeds exceeding seventy knots , that the Ramapo encountered the biggest wave ever reported by a ship at sea . |
| 22 | Labour MPs defied party orders to abstain , but the end of the debate marked the biggest revolt so far by Conservative MPs in the marathon saga of the Bill 's passage through the Commons . |
| 23 | The comfort of having the big glass here at last , he wrote , of living in the shadow of its coldness , its emptiness . |
| 24 | Swindon police say they 're pleased with the way they handled the biggest test yet of their football security operation . |
| 25 | This experimental law has caused the biggest outcry even before it has been played . |
| 26 | ‘ He owns the Big Farm up at … ’ |
| 27 | And they 'creted then As they took the big piece out , they kept pumping concrete and shifting then pumping again . |
| 28 | We were met by the director and , over several late night drinks , we discussed the big day ahead . |
| 29 | I think the biggest thing really is just like they say , is how much you can get that done for and , get the roofing done , that 's got ta be done . |
| 30 | Leave the big screen on and that and we can put erm and get , you know , as I say , if you |