Example sentences of "with a big " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not with a big enough wage , that was the problem . |
| 2 | He was tall , sun-reddened , with a big lower jaw and a nose like a wedge . |
| 3 | Mukddaam marginally interfered with the favourite , Mazag , but drew away to win in the style of a horse with a big future . |
| 4 | Next to it was a bamboo out-building with a big sign saying : ‘ The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ’ . |
| 5 | Brown is n't a man with a big punch ; it 's those telling body-blows that sap your opponent , plus some sly head-butts in the clinch . |
| 6 | He emerges as a man with a big heart and a clever mind who did the best he could in difficult circumstances . |
| 7 | This , however , is what we do , together with a big ‘ Thank you ’ for all the news and views that you 've given us in 1991 . |
| 8 | If the band spends a lot of money in the venue ( with a big stage extension , an early ‘ get-in ’ to the venue , playing very late , or running up an enormous catering bill ) , all of these costs are paid mainly by the artist . |
| 9 | Then there were ‘ friends ’ with a big ‘ F ’ who were lovers . |
| 10 | Tony was equally amused at the story , and wondered whether there was a third group , too , of ‘ FRIENDS ’ with a big ‘ F ’ , big ‘ R ’ , big ‘ I ’ and big ‘ ENDS ’ . |
| 11 | They 're real nice cards — there 's some that got pictures of a blue sky with a big white star and some men on a camel and that . |
| 12 | There 's a bloke behind me with a big suitcase , reading a newspaper . |
| 13 | The emotive logo — the crudely drawn child 's face with a big blue teardrop rolling from its eye — became familiar to every family in Britain . |
| 14 | After all , I have had to live with a big bottom all my life ! |
| 15 | When I was a student , I wore some quite outrageous numbers — I remember a huge red velvet one with a big black bow on the front . ’ |
| 16 | In times gone by , there were always lots of hedge trimmings available at the beginning of November , and it was easy to make a bonfire — with a big family you want a big bonfire . |
| 17 | I dressed him in this huge pink shirt with maroon spots on , with a big maroon and pink ruff and little knee britches in grey with red velvet stripes on them . |
| 18 | With a big dose , around 90% of the victims would die within 24–36 hours . |
| 19 | Dan must have built it with just that fantasy in focus , to keep some bust-out bimbo with a big ass and chichis in a style befitting Little Freakin' Egypt . |
| 20 | No , instead she had got herself fitted with a big , bossy secretary 's pair . |
| 21 | With a big orchestra after a certain time , if they are used to you and really play as they can , they will sometimes give you something more beautiful than you thought you could hear . |
| 22 | I have a rare case of something with a big name I ca n't pronounce . |
| 23 | Kilocalorie should be written ‘ kcal ’ or ‘ Calorie ’ , with a big C. But people who write about food ( nutritionists and non nutritionalists alike ) tend to write ‘ calorie ’ when they mean ‘ Calorie ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Posters of some cabrón with a big moustache . |
| 25 | ‘ With a big car . |
| 26 | ‘ Like Somebody with a big S , huh ? ’ |
| 27 | There was a sudden noise in the corridor outside and then several bumps before the door opened wide and there was Gran Beattie with a big smile on her face , indicating with her own vocal fanfare , ‘ Tarra ! ’ |
| 28 | When you go househunting with the Bristol and West , you start off with a big advantage . |
| 29 | It is a stone building with a big low-pitched and stone-flagged roof , and its power is provided by two overshot waterwheels . |
| 30 | In his showmanlike way , Chapman wanted Highbury to become the greatest club ground in the world , a new kind of football mecca , with a big crowd capacity and as futuristic in design as the new West Stand , built at his suggestion to replace the old wooden stand erected in 1913 . |