Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [prep] a big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its shares dropped 5 p.c. on news that the problems , which stem from a big push in the late 1980s for free-trade business , have worsened significantly since chief executive Peter Jarvis expressed concern at the interims last year . |
| 2 | I swear they 're so loud it 's like it 's like you know when you kick through a big pile |
| 3 | and erm , we 'd got there and a young lady came along delivering milk you know with a big milk float and she put the , the twins Brenda and |
| 4 | You know as a big word ‘ Ocean ’ it looked fantastic . |
| 5 | A small orchestra was playing ‘ Lights of Moscow ’ and the waiters were clattering metal dishes and semaphoring with table napkins , and there was the air of subdued hysteria that you get in a big theatre when the orchestra is tuning up . |
| 6 | cos if you get in a big organization like N H S , they provide a creche . |
| 7 | After that you go into a big room and they look through your clothes and they ask you questions , then you have to pull your knickers down to your knees and do a twizzle , twist round , pull your pants up and put your dressing-gown back on . |
| 8 | This can give you the earliest possible warning , especially important if you live in a big house . |
| 9 | Nothing you do goes unnoticed , especially if you live in a big house , as Jane discovered to her cost . |
| 10 | When you come from a big family , as I do , erm yo you can have any size of wedding as long as the right people are there , anybody gets excluded it 's er to be horrendous ! |
| 11 | Anne ‘ s quick wit made her popular and one of the women said admiringly , ‘ You can tell you come from a big family , girl , the way you come out with the wisecracks . ’ |
| 12 | The area , I mean , we back onto a big council estate . |
| 13 | ‘ They want to share their happiness with everyone they know in a big celebration . ’ |
| 14 | The scientists and philosophers — and I think it 's significant that scientific study used to be called natural philosophy — they think in a big way , about yesterday and tomorrow , about the whole great sweep of mankind in the world . |
| 15 | ‘ When Tatum is with her friends , they come in a big bunch and have a good time . |
| 16 | Every city wanted these teams — they pull in a big crowd . ’ |
| 17 | Snotlings can not be joined by heroes or led by them — they fight as a big mass of their own kind and are far too excited to respond to even the simplest commands . |