Example sentences of "[verb] take a big [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are 72 horses at Manton this year , and Luciano Gaucci has taken a big interest in the yard since acquiring Dr Devious last autumn . |
| 2 | In lead : President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has taken a big lead in Iran 's presidential election , winning nearly 70% of the votes counted , according to the first partial results issued by the interior ministry today . |
| 3 | By taking over Thames , the firm has taken a big step towards becoming a powerhouse in British television . |
| 4 | I 've devoted so much time and energy to creating Tessa and it feels marvellous that it 's actually come off , ’ she says taking a big puff on her roll-up . |
| 5 | The Stacker device driver is pretty big — 40Kb — and unless this can be loaded high , it 's going to take a big chunk of Conventional memory . |
| 6 | Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum . |
| 7 | Big industry will have to take a bigger share of the professional clubs . |
| 8 | It was cold but not too cold , and dammit , I had caught four fish with hardly any effort ; fish that had taken a big crust with a savage bite that suggested they were very hungry . |
| 9 | David , 38 , with his brother Andy and fishing partners Kev Berry and Robin Clark have spent dozens of hours trying to take a big predator from the water . |
| 10 | Mm oh he 's taken a big chunk of the grass . |