Example sentences of "[verb] the big [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.

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1 The latest soul to hit the big screen is the unfortunate Derek Bentley , the mentally subnormal nineteen-year-old who was hanged in 1952 for the Croydon warehouse murder — a murder committed by ; his companion , sixteen-year-old Christopher Craig , who was too young to swing .
2 believing the big break is round every corner
3 Er seco and once that sort of I suppose the biggest hurdle 's out of the way once that the other two become fairly simple .
4 Do n't forget the big thing is about the bearing of and from , the bearing of B , and everyone must have gone and put the p put the protractor on B
5 Nut the big showdown is in race two , a dog called McCoist runs off scratch with another pooch called Macari getting a two yard start .
6 Another Challenge Tour player with potential of making the big time is Kevin Golding .
7 I think the biggest problem is these extended guarantees and the ones that you pay that little bit extra for , thinking you 've got extra cover that you would n't normally have .
8 I think the thing is going to come unstuck in the , I think the biggest thing is , I was thinking , is the fact that you 've got to get I would n't get a commitment from Social Services until they see a property actually ready for occupation .
9 Friend of mine , I had a beer with in the week , showed me his new car , and he said the big irritation is it does n't centrally lock , having been used to it .
10 He says : ‘ SCL asked to look at the deal I was putting together and straight away they said the biggest problem is conflict of interests .
11 Working out what floats and what does n't as well as what makes the biggest splash is all part of a pre-schooler 's early education .
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