Example sentences of "[verb] it be the big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you know it 's the biggest bank in the United States ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Anyone who uses the East-Coast mainline will recognise it is the biggest investment since the steam age . ’ |
| 3 | Do you know , when television came it was the biggest event in our lives , for women . |
| 4 | Texturing it was the big challenge . |
| 5 | ‘ When we did a signing session at the Rough Trade shop , we thought it was the biggest ball hop ever ! ’ cackles Niall . |
| 6 | Although no one yesterday was able to confirm this as a record defeat , club officials admitted it was the biggest thrashing in their memories . |
| 7 | I think it 's the big mystery , is n't it , the unknown , things like this , trying to understand fundamental concepts of nature , it 's quite exciting stuff . |
| 8 | I think it 's the biggest load of shite , simple as that ’ ( FN 13/9/87 , pp. 5–6 ) , although a senior officer was prepared to explain his antagonism more fully : |
| 9 | When we won it was the biggest race . |
| 10 | Had it been the biggest mistake of her life ? |
| 11 | Ray Bellringer , a national park spokesman , said it was the biggest event of its kind in the recorded history of the mountain . |
| 12 | But you see you can say it 's the big brother and all this rubbish , but the fact remains that we three are paying the poll tax and he is not . |