Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] the big [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mike shrugged easily , but his right hand crept around to the rear pocket of his overall , where he kept the big Stilson spanner .
2 Almost immediately he confronted the biggest crisis of his political life .
3 He was beginning to find that he enjoyed the big offworlder 's company , and it was amazing how many things they had in common .
4 Friend of mine , I had a beer with in the week , showed me his new car , and he said the big irritation is it does n't centrally lock , having been used to it .
5 Lester Piggott provided the York magic yesterday and he looks the biggest danger here on another unlucky Goodwood horse , Mudaffar .
6 He may not look the fittest man on the field , but he has the biggest heart .
7 He obediently followed her into the back kitchen , and gave a delighted whoop when he saw the big pot of homemade faggots and mushy peas simmering on the polished black range .
8 But a kid who got out not through sport but through The Word , and who would n't forget this blessing , even when he became the Big Man .
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