Example sentences of "[verb] the big [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sporting tours , where the whole team is expected to visit Australia or the West Indies , place the biggest burden on parents . |
| 2 | Passing the biggest bulge on the first pitch is probably the crux of the climb , more because of the glossy nature of the rock than any real technical difficulty . |
| 3 | From detailed study of the 1987 election , Miller reckons the biggest influence on the way people vote is news coverage on television and radio of the campaign — and the comment masquerading as news coverage of the popular press . |
| 4 | Ten , you 've got the big hand on three and little hand on ten |
| 5 | The controversial storyline in The Archers , radio 's longest running soap , gets an airing when two cast members visit the big top on Friday at noon to talk to visitors . |
| 6 | Got a club called the Big Bamboo on Wulff Road . |
| 7 | General Howard had meanwhile reached the Big Hole on 10th August and resumed his pursuit three days later , after watching his Bannock scouts mutilate the Nez Perce dead . |
| 8 | He bounded over the thirteenth and fourteenth and set off for the Chair , that huge open ditch which forms the biggest obstacle on the course . |
| 9 | Set the Big Shot on a low heat/speed setting and let your hair ‘ sit ’ in the cup of the diffuser . |
| 10 | Leslie , who first hit the big time on kiddies ' show Crackerjack , was about to host a new TV series of Stars In Their Eyes — nominated for an award as Britain 's best light entertainment show . |
| 11 | It would be based on the carbon content of fuels and would have the biggest effect on the coal industry . |
| 12 | After all , the greatest input of heat from the Sun into the ‘ weather machine ’ is in the tropics , and cooling there can have the biggest impact on the workings of the whole machinery of climate and weather . |
| 13 | As Jonathan Martin , the BBC head of sport , put it : ‘ It 's not just about having the biggest cheque on the table . |
| 14 | On and on they flew until day turned into dusk and they reached the big supermarket on the edge of the town . |
| 15 | Cumani has a chance of taking the big sprint on the Knavesmire with Khaydara , but she has not run since June and will be hard pressed to hold Runun ( 3.45 ) , who was the convincing winner of a valuable Ascot handicap on his last outing . |
| 16 | ‘ This is going to have the biggest impact on the service industry where companies will not be undercut because everyone will have to pay the same . |
| 17 | Paula , due to co-host The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 with husband Bob Geldof from today , is due in court on Wednesday . |
| 18 | So you could actually , if you 've got , if you then put , if those graphics people were fairly high powered art directors and they did n't , they did n't , they were n't like , did n't have to show all their stuff , that they had enough news sense to not make any more mistakes than most layout people do on newspapers , which are sometimes colossal , like burying the lead or putting the big story on page thirty-eight , you know . |
| 19 | You can imagine mother putting the big casserole on the table and saying , ‘ Go on and enjoy yourselves . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If I light the big candle on the mantelpiece and put a couple on the bureau that 's usually enough , ’ she said , flourishing the matchbox . |
| 21 | With only 9,000 tickets allocated to the county , many are faced with the prospect of watching the big match on television . |
| 22 | With only 9,000 tickets allocated to the county , many are faced with the prospect of watching the big match on television . |
| 23 | Shine On 's owner was the man who had the big gamble on Pendero , and Jack Butler , the bookie , was the one who slipped me the drug . |
| 24 | One competitor who made a lot of friends was Yuji Hirayama , who had the biggest grin on display and dragged an outrageous rest in the semi final . |
| 25 | In the large conurbations it was the boroughs that had the biggest impact on everyday life : outside these areas the counties mattered far more . |
| 26 | If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu . |
| 27 | Bream often have the biggest price on their heads but roach , rudd and hefty tench can provide a healthy bonus . |