Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to be politically left , but above all popular , and designed to appeal to a big readership . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to live in a big house , with lots of rooms . ’ |
| 3 | He has one small child and wants to move to a bigger home in order to have some more . |
| 4 | But Murphy knows he can run a successful business — PRCS has been voted consultancy of the year by its peers — and the odds must be on him wanting to play on a bigger stage once he is free to do so . |
| 5 | We spent a lot of time with different amps and different pickups and different guitars , because if you 're playing a major chord on a guitar with a lot of distortion it is n't going to sound good — it 's going to sound like a big mush . |
| 6 | I 've got an ambition and it is to grow fat I 'd like to grow like a big fat . |
| 7 | He knew that when they built the Jubilee Line they had had to put in a big fan shaft here to release the air or passengers might have been blown off the platform on to the line . |
| 8 | After all , I have had to live with a big bottom all my life ! |
| 9 | He intends to stir with a big spoon ! ’ |
| 10 | It was a good place to play : there was always a chance that you were going to transfer to a big West End theatre . |
| 11 | It was n't any use going back to the shop now ; she would phone Myra , then she would get down to designing the bridesmaids ' dresses that would match the bride 's gown she was commissioned to make for a big wedding in the autumn . |
| 12 | The R&A 's amateurs will have to cope with a big industry , lobbying for change , and exercising the clout that money brings . |
| 13 | He held his hands up and proclaimed : ‘ I do n't want to get into a big row over this and therefore I wo n't offend Woman 's Own Own and say they 're wrong . |
| 14 | Instead of talking about the job he said some words to me in Punjabi or Urdu and looked as if he wanted to get into a big conversation about Ray or Tagore or something . |