Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now those very first notes of Act 3 are just as important to me as the big aria . |
| 2 | You know you you told me about the big boat did n't you ? |
| 3 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 4 | They sang together , played by ear on the old upright that someone from the big house had thrown out and they had retrieved . |
| 5 | ‘ A visit to the Moon and a space walk-to say nothing of the Big Dipper and the Whiplash — all in one day ? |
| 6 | That 's typical of Davis ; saves himself for the big occasion , the great professional , Mr Super-professional , and not Mr Boring by the way either , a great player . |
| 7 | ‘ It seems he 's elevated himself into the big league these past four years . |
| 8 | The trees poise to eject leaves and hurl them at the wind , there is nobody in the big house to see the park 's invasion by the people , the iron benches under the elms are empty , each foot curling into a clutch of leaves . |
| 9 | It was a huge relief to find himself in the big bedroom with its heavy mahogany furniture . |
| 10 | ‘ So you in the big money now , Sean ? ’ |
| 11 | Hubert Molland was an unpractised driver and his nervousness seemed to communicate itself to the big car , which juddered and groaned alarmingly . |
| 12 | By ten-thirty , Beth had cleared away the breakfast things , washed the dishes and stacked them into the big dresser , wiped down the kitchen table , taken the coconut matting from the floor and hung it over the line outside where she beat every speck of dust from it before replacing it over her freshly scrubbed quarry tiles ; all that done she was now enjoying a cup of tea , before setting about the drawing room . |
| 13 | And after the harvester they would take in those big tramp coles and bring them into the big hay stack . |
| 14 | Their new single , Family , includes all these elements and could be the one that breaks them into the big time . |
| 15 | The one with the big elephant , you know that lady . |
| 16 | ‘ The one with the big door . ’ |
| 17 | or was that Wallie the one with the big lad with the glasses ? |
| 18 | He used to own a garage , that one with the big car showrooms on the High Street . |
| 19 | Something from the big screen to the stage with the musical comedy STEPPING OUT and the heart warming play ON GOLDEN POND starring Googie Withers , John McCallum and Julia Foster . |
| 20 | and er and I said to Laura , ah I know , I 'll put so I 'll , I 'll , I 'll put something on the big screen so you know , some videos whatever . |
| 21 | Expect to see folk such as Chris Evans ( the funny ginger one on The Big Breakfast ) and Banderas on stage at The Powerhaus in north London . |
| 22 | She took the material off of the wall , and all her shoes and make up and just about everything cept the big stuff . |
| 23 | They come in during the winter time , and take off their coats and sweaters and put them in the big dryer for a sixpenny warm-up . |
| 24 | She arranged them on the big table on the terrace where they looked impeccable , like clothes set out for a wedding . |
| 25 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 26 | 'Cos he took them boots and it was my job to take them to the big house for the gentleman . ’ |
| 27 | It may see a man as it would a stallion , and regard him as the Big Boss . |
| 28 | ‘ I think of him as the big brother I never had . ’ |
| 29 | Did Eve hate the Westwards who were so rich for not taking her into the big house ? |
| 30 | She walked past him into the big sitting-room and he followed her , lounging insolently against the door-frame as once more his eyes seemed to strip her . |