Example sentences of "up [prep] big " in BNC.
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| 1 | VISYSTEMS GEARS UP FOR BIG CICS DOWNSIZING MOVE |
| 2 | Piper tunes up for big Benn |
| 3 | The chamber is reasonably sized , which means that it does n't have to be emptied very often when used for small d-i-y tasks , and it will also clean up after bigger jobs such as wood planing . |
| 4 | And when the stars ' faces filled the whole screen so that you saw their huge lips close up like big pillows moving and their great teeth and their smooth matt skin filling the whole screen , it was frightening . |
| 5 | Now , however , in England , they will be up against another pack with a towering trinity and , in the 6ft10in Martin Bayfield and the 6ft8in Wade Dooley , up against bigger men . |
| 6 | Only the A E U have the courage to stand up against big brother , the T U C , warning against denying the unemployed a glimmer of hope . |
| 7 | The lightstick lasts for up to six hours sometimes longer you tee up the ball on every shot so that you ca n't hit the light stick out when this game is played the flags are all lit up with bigger lightsticks . |
| 8 | Love does not involve giving fancy parcels tied up with big red bows . |
| 9 | Zeni Geva , meanwhile , hooks up with Big Black/Rapeman leader Steve Albini to produce a guitar assault that is certainly not for the faint of heart . |
| 10 | Continental furniture holding up with big names offered this month |
| 11 | She was shortish and had an attractive way of cocking her head on one side and looking up with big dark eyes and a wryly amused smile . |
| 12 | It 's got er , impact , it 's , it appeared relatively small so you know , to erm it 's a fact of life that small prints have a , a lot more to do to keep up with big ones , they have to more impact . |
| 13 | He tore the pages up into big pieces and then he tore the big pieces up into tiny pieces . |
| 14 | Moreover , he had written it on pages that he could not at this moment tear up into big pieces and then into smaller pieces . |
| 15 | The club has criticised the fans for not turning up in bigger numbers to support the club but now they are turning their criticism on the manager . |
| 16 | Students , because their money is not tied up in big items such as mortgages , spend a lot on goods such as jeans , beer and cheap travel , and are therefore a target group . |
| 17 | ‘ Pay back when possible , boychik , and do n't ever tell the missus or we both end up in big trouble . ’ |
| 18 | The only gunfire we heard was from the army rifle range across the hill , and sometimes they would bring tanks up on big wagons so they could practice on the moor . |
| 19 | KEN ROGERS gives his summing up on big debate |
| 20 | Staff also felt great unease about a major environment group cozying up to big business ; a significant minority of Probe 's employees at the time were opposed to promoting products from any corporation . |
| 21 | Plenty of small operators remain to be gobbled up by big ones able to meet the capital and research costs now required . |