Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [prep] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Boris began sleeping with her , villagers who wondered what would happen if the husband found out were told by wiser villagers : ‘ If you 'd lived in a big town you 'd know that the husband knows . ’ |
| 2 | IT PROBABLY never existed , the England where everybody went dancing to a big band on a Friday night and tripped the light fantastic and moved romantically , cheek to cheek , with their best girl or their best boy , and where there was always a full moon outside . |
| 3 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
| 4 | The Universe actually did begin with a Big Bang . |
| 5 | For by now we had arrived at a big army hut by the side of the road . |
| 6 | Apparently my mother had worked at a big house somewhere and fallen in love , but it had all gone wrong . |
| 7 | Instead of talking about the job he said some words to me in Punjabi or Urdu and looked as if he wanted to get into a big conversation about Ray or Tagore or something . |