Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Central South would like to say a big thankyou to the thousands of people across the region who helped raise money . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Big industry will have to take a bigger share of the professional clubs . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mathematically we can still be caught , but we 'd have to make a big mistake . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Wigs , hair pieces and extensions will continue to play a big part in the way hair looks in '92 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | I just did n't want to make a big mistake . ’ |
| 13 | Anyway , I do n't want to make a big issue about this , I just want to ask . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't want to make a big thing of it . ’ |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |