Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [vb pp] a big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The night before his death I had bought a big bunch of red carnations to put in my room with the lighted candles we were now writing by , to please Dana . |
| 2 | In my grandmother 's house I had had a big bedroom ; here I had to share . |
| 3 | She had made a big mistake , but now it was over . |
| 4 | During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star . |
| 5 | We had finished a big dinner in Chicago around midnight . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I remember after we had had a big success at Covent Garden with Elektra he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Birgit , for the first time in my career I get good notices here in London ! ’ |
| 7 | Neither had been able to get home for her funeral , but they had telegraphed a big wreath and paid their fair share of the undertaker 's bill , after which the letters and dollars stopped and Vi and Mary had grown even closer . |
| 8 | Their circumstances had changed : Mr Singh had a full-time job , they had taken a big step and purchased their council house and Mrs Singh now felt that she needed permanent work herself . |
| 9 | And there were calls for the theatre to close as it had become a big drain on local council finances . |
| 10 | It had proved a big advantage . |
| 11 | The military said it had launched a big manhunt for army coup leaders who escaped when their men surrendered . |
| 12 | Tonight , in a rare moment of good judgement , he had hired a big band whose music would not drive his older guests out into the night . |
| 13 | And you had to get , get a bit of paper and you drew a straight line , straight line , see like that , and if he had two white legs you put a cross , two white see , if he had a long one , he had put a big cross , if he had a long , two long white leg , if he had me behind you put a cross . |
| 14 | He had owned a big department store that had burned down , and he had then hanged himself . |