Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That day emotion ran high as the big horse , so long the underdog , at last had his day again . |
| 2 | I mean , it is n't afraid of the big issues . |
| 3 | Try any Mexican circus … and there 'll be a man on the high wire with shopping baskets on his feet … the man who started the craze is in Witney this week … fighting a strong wind and a very thin cable high above the big top … a Mexican with the Hungarian State Circus and his English wife . |
| 4 | Colonel with a K the this band , they used to , that they had from the tenth replacement depot used to come down and play at the Town Hall , and they they like I said before they were fellas on the way to join Glen the absolute ultimate musicians of America and it was why I 'm still today erm I 've got a big collection of jazz records and have always been interested in the big band sound . |
| 5 | However , Socata makes no twins and may well be interested in the big value commercial market . |
| 6 | Just bellyfuls of laughs — many of them totally unsuited to the big screen . |
| 7 | The trouble was that the paper never seemed to get off the ground , which was typical of the Big Flame and ‘ Beyond the Fragments ’ approach . |
| 8 | The Cheltenham & Gloucester 's approach is typical of the big lenders ' attitude to budget schemes . |
| 9 | These are events similar to the Big Bang but on a far smaller scale . |
| 10 | Both should be fit for the big game although neither trained yesterday . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not unusual for the big equinox tides to bring 'em in . |
| 12 | The tiger is without doubt the most awesome and magnificent of the big cats . |
| 13 | What limits would be placed , and Kennedy was very acutely conscious of the big mistake that Truman had made in Korea in , in fact , seeking to extend the intervention and bringing China into the war under no circumstances must China be allowed to take that step in the case of Indo-China . |
| 14 | I stared at it , conscious of the big man 's arm encircling mine with the coiled hunger of an anaconda about to ingest . |
| 15 | It was fun-time in the Big Apple and Connors admitted : ‘ I had a great time . |
| 16 | Those X-rays , that had taken so long to photograph , that lengthy session when I had got so friendly with the big machine , had so far resulted in nothing . |
| 17 | There was something solid and comforting about the big detective 's presence that was already having a restorative effect . |
| 18 | Many clients became disillusioned with search in the 1970s , receiving some indifferent service and assuming that all headhunters were the same ; this view is rapidly disappearing in the 1980s , although many search practices current during the Big Bang gave search a bad name , such as wholesale movement of trading and broking teams , for instance . |
| 19 | Ronan was entertaining them ; he was a good mimic and this time he was doing a fussy Brother in the school trying to get everyone to sit still in the big hall for a lecture . |
| 20 | The African National Congress is opposed to the big firms ' concentrated economic power . |
| 21 | A torn hamstring in his final training session consigned him to a seat in the stand in the Olympic Stadium , but with Barcelona on the horizon he 's hungry for the big stage again . |
| 22 | I had thought at the time , wrote Goldberg , turning the page , wiping his brow , taking a sip of orange juice from the glass on the desk beside him , dreaming for a moment of the cigarettes he had given up two years earlier , I had thought , he wrote , that an edited version of the text , with only those comments directly concerned with the Big Glass included , would serve you best . |
| 23 | ‘ One of the partners dies and it 's often very difficult for the one left alone with the big garden , particularly if they do n't drive . ’ |
| 24 | All three were hard selling in accordance with instructions , and were happy with the big money they were making . |
| 25 | There was no fairy tale finish for Oxford United in the big cup game at the Manor last night with Aston Villa winning 2-1 … but better news of Swindon they put six goals past Torquay … |
| 26 | The next time she opened her eyes , she was alone in the big bed . |
| 27 | In April 1872 Mme Flaubert died ; Gustave was left alone in the big house , having meals at a large table ‘ tête-à-tête with myself ’ . |
| 28 | On this depressing thought they both went upstairs , and after another fight , which she lost , Kate was left alone in the big bedroom . |
| 29 | Sitting safe in the big tree , hidden within the protective myriad of bough , branch and leaf , he was submerged in a greenish half-light filtered through layer upon layer of natural growth , and he was looking out from the dimming or dappling shelter of his high cave into the dazzle of a rare summer brightness beyond . |
| 30 | My parents have moved to near Glasgow ; there is plenty of work and my father and mother are happy in the big city . |