Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] a big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So and so 's , so and so 's lame , and so and so 's got a big leg so and so caught hiself this morning , had an overreach . |
| 2 | Johnny Kirk , whose family had been connected with the ‘ mayor-making ’ over the years , said they did not want to make a big production of it or turn it into a tourist attraction ; they wanted to keep it as it was , ‘ a local event for local people ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ But I 'm not going to get a big head about it or anything . |
| 4 | But I have to say for Shropshire , it means one I think , er , per year , and that 's not going to make a big dent . |
| 5 | Erm we just like put a big spread on a big buffet . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's actually been available to the public for quite a while , but they 've only just started to do a big push on it , ’ explains Robert . |
| 7 | But so far only five have responded and he admitted : ‘ I still need to find a big backer or things will be really difficult . ’ |
| 8 | And the chairman also has to make a big speech on the first day . |
| 9 | I do n't want you to imagine a great big long stalk , you know , but I mean they really do have a big projection from the side of the head in gesophola hetroinura , whereas in the known ancestor of that , gesopholis ulvestris , it 's head is just the same shape as any other sensible fruit fly . |
| 10 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |
| 11 | I just did n't want to make a big mistake . ’ |
| 12 | Anyway , I do n't want to make a big issue about this , I just want to ask . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't want to make a big thing of it . ’ |
| 15 | As a matter of fact , I 've enjoyed the day very much indeed , so you do n't have to make a big thing of being grateful . ’ |
| 16 | And they , you know , they 're no worse than children anywhere else in the country , and I do n't wish to make a big song and dance about it . |
| 17 | Eddie Bleasdale , managing director of Bleasdale Computer Systems , sums up : ‘ We never want to become a big company because it is just not our scene . |