Example sentences of "[verb] the big [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were bringing the big fellow in on the three o'clock train . |
| 2 | Many businessmen say the big switch on is proving a big switch off for shoppers . |
| 3 | As she set up her tables and put the big kettle on to boil , she made a point of taking Annie aside . |
| 4 | Put the toast in while I take out their coffees , then put the big frying-pan on . ’ |
| 5 | Most of the time , though he was in fourth gear , a long-legged overdrive which wafted the big saloon along effortlessly . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They turned the big light on . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ He owns the Big Farm up at … ’ |
| 10 | And they 'creted then As they took the big piece out , they kept pumping concrete and shifting then pumping again . |
| 11 | Leave the big screen on and that and we can put erm and get , you know , as I say , if you |