Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] a big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but I mean yours is a big school now is n't it ? |
| 2 | ‘ She 's a big girl now . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She 's a big girl , ’ agreed Lefevre appreciatively . |
| 4 | ‘ Never again ’ I said and gave it to my sister-in-law ( she 's a big girl ) and I felt glad to see the back of it . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's a big girl now . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah , she 's , er at , she 's a big girl now , she 's nearly two ! |
| 7 | She 's a big softy is n't she ? |
| 8 | However , Karen 's quick intelligence and enthusiasm make up for any problems caused by her disability , and Janet says , she 's a big asset to the salon . |
| 9 | She 's not fat but she 's a big lady like me . |
| 10 | Yeah yeah , she 's a big lady like me , solid . |
| 11 | She 's a big Portuguese man-of-war . |
| 12 | She 's a big woman who 's always in a green housecoat when I see her in the evenings after the pub when , as often happens , her son and I end up at her house . |
| 13 | She is a big lady who takes a lot of space with her personality and conviviality . |
| 14 | The Princess discussed Enya 's music with her in detail , and told her that she is a big fan . |
| 15 | Coming is easy , roundabouts and swings , and fucking you is a big dipper with no brakes flying out across a midnight ocean under a chandelier of stars . |
| 16 | Well you see i i yeah but it 's a bigger country and I mean it 's so congested in England . |
| 17 | And you 've got i you know , it 's a bigger screen . |
| 18 | " But it 's a bigger place surely ? |
| 19 | He 's got enough money for one thing , and it 's a bigger risk anyway . ’ |
| 20 | He 's got enough money for one thing , and it 's a bigger risk anyway . ’ |
| 21 | It 's a bigger car , with a longer wheelbase : what went wrong ? |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a big day for me and my family , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ Ah , it 's a big day all right . ’ |
| 24 | It 's a big day , too , for Tim Rodber . |
| 25 | It 's a big day for us all . |
| 26 | Evans said : ‘ It 's a big decision to make at my stage of life . |
| 27 | It 's a big decision — I know that . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's a big decision . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It 's a big decision . |
| 30 | It 's a big subject but I 'm in a sense referring to it only in this context because it 's precisely in these areas that British art in the twentieth century has been very important . |