Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | We 're alright you know , they only way you 'll get the business , he 's like that , he talks like that , is if you can you know offer a big price saving . |
2 | I end up wanting to look thinner ; I 'd like to have a big nose because I am fed up with people telling me mine is ‘ cute' ; I 'd like to have naturally dark eyebrows and eyelashes , so I would n't look like a heroin addict without any make-up on ; straighter teeth , no spots and a better haircut . |
3 | Central South would like to say a big thankyou to the thousands of people across the region who helped raise money . |
4 | These included care of the mentally ill ( which then also included the elderly with mental disability ) — these categories which should have received a bigger slice of the cake , actually received a smaller percentage of health board funding during the funding period from 1981–82 to 1985–86 . |
5 | A goal then might have made a big difference . |
6 | Televising might have made a big impact on proceedings in one other area . |
7 | I saw him play on Sunday and to be perfectly honest had he sat down in the middle of the field I reckon he 'd have had a bigger influence on the game . |
8 | The great chamber , we do n't have great chambers now , but sort of the master bedroom , private sitting room , erm would have had a big bed in it . |
9 | Stromness must have had a big temperance movement then . |
10 | However , it did not resolve the crucial question : Does general relativity predict that our universe should have had a big bang , a beginning of time ? |
11 | The cat must have got a bigger shock . |
12 | You should have got a bigger size in n it Dawn ? |
13 | Pity you were n't a captain , then you 'd have got a bigger disability pension . ’ |
14 | Winning entente floral would have meant a big tourism boost for cheltenham — so what went wrong ? |
15 | Well first of all I 'd go down Street and up Street West and up to the top of Street and there was some puddling furnaces , the new side iron works and I 'd watch those men they 'd produce wrought iron and during the process the metal boils up and I 'd have to get a big rubbling bar and rubble they 'd call rubble into a ball , there 's a little wagon put underneath the put under the wagon and off he goes to the steam hammer , now I used to be fascinated with this and Saturday after Saturday I used to go up there and watch one of the heats and as soon as they 'd finished doing they used to go into the Forge and Hammer for a drink , I mean it was such hard work so they 'd do a heat go up the Forge and Iron and come back and then do another heat when I 'd |
16 | Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum . |
17 | But , while this would have brought the Tory rebels back on board , it would have left a big question mark over whether Mr Major could continue . |
18 | Big industry will have to take a bigger share of the professional clubs . |
19 | And they , you know , they 're no worse than children anywhere else in the country , and I do n't wish to make a big song and dance about it . |
20 | Mathematically we can still be caught , but we 'd have to make a big mistake . |
21 | As a matter of fact , I 've enjoyed the day very much indeed , so you do n't have to make a big thing of being grateful . ’ |
22 | Well , I think the idea is , that certainly large hotels could afford to pay a bigger collective bill than they 're paying at the moment . |
23 | Although private residential homes are typically independent family businesses , if the same happens in Britain as happened in the United States , then large companies may come to occupy a bigger share of the market . |
24 | Wigs , hair pieces and extensions will continue to play a big part in the way hair looks in '92 . |
25 | ‘ Now , ’ he said through gritted teeth , ‘ would you care to make a big scene in front of all the other diners , or would you like to walk out of here under your own steam ? ’ |
26 | I just did n't want to make a big mistake . ’ |
27 | Anyway , I do n't want to make a big issue about this , I just want to ask . |
28 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
29 | ‘ I did n't want to make a big thing of it . ’ |
30 | Johnny Kirk , whose family had been connected with the ‘ mayor-making ’ over the years , said they did not want to make a big production of it or turn it into a tourist attraction ; they wanted to keep it as it was , ‘ a local event for local people ’ . |