Example sentences of "[adv prt] in a big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second or two later , everything came crashing down in a big heap on the railway line below . |
| 2 | Alice sat down in a big chair at one end . |
| 3 | but we , we set off in a big building , well a building about four times the size of this these houses and it was all sheet steel wrapped in polythene packages |
| 4 | Nor were they in Europe , where it took off in a big way as the cult movie of the moment , especially in countries where the dire American dialogue could be dubbed over or subtitled with more viable prose . |
| 5 | However , even with the tens of millions of personal computers and workstations in use around the world , networking and network usage still has n't taken off in a big way , the report says , because two things are needed : multi-tasking operating systems and the means to develop client-server applications . |
| 6 | However , even with the tens of millions of personal computers and workstations in use around the world , networking and network usage still has n't taken off in a big way , the report says , because two things are needed : multi-tasking operating systems and the means to develop client/server applications . |
| 7 | His ambulance service has taken off in a big way . |
| 8 | The lottery will create at least 52 new millionaires each year , and possibly more if the weekly draw takes off in a big way . |
| 9 | ‘ Look , Jamie , see this ! ’ she said , and she began to wind the wool so fast that it tangled up in a big knot and the ball bounced right out of her hand and rolled underneath Grandma 's chair . |
| 10 | With the breakdown of the administration , crime syndicates have come up in a big way . |
| 11 | I grew up in a big way over there . ’ |
| 12 | Ipswich are out to sharpen up in a big way tomorrow and get back to winning ways after a draw and two defeats in the league following the FA Cup fifth round home 4–0 win over Grimsby . |
| 13 | Then , as he opened the door , she 'd be picked up in a big hug . |
| 14 | Cords , white or beige , were worn early on in small numbers but in mid'71 black/bottle green/navy straight leg Levi cords caught on in a big way . |
| 15 | Back then , they did n't catch on in a big way . ’ |
| 16 | He stood , breathing in , breathing out in a big gasp , breathing in . |
| 17 | Yesterday , the former chums fell out in a big way . |
| 18 | And they got an old curtain at the back door and then that 's all you sort of go through across the corner of the kitchen and he was making a bouquet of flowers and er he was setting them all out like and then when he bought it into me it was all set out in a big thing of cellophane and it 'd got two gold strips like |
| 19 | There 's al , it 's like next Friday we 're all planning to go out but there 'll be fifteen of us , see we all go out in a big group . |
| 20 | Trousers of all kinds are back in a big way , says Hilary Alexander ; now , you only have to worry about width |
| 21 | Not that there 's anything wrong with indie bands — we 've got several very good acts locally — but the traditional pop group is definitely coming back in a big way . |
| 22 | Patriarchal power in education was coming back in a big way , and was endorsed in the 1986 Education Act 's stipulation that sex education should be taught within a moral framework and with due regard to family life . |
| 23 | all that needs saying is that Mould is back in a big way … |
| 24 | The digger careered around in a big circle , so that when the two humans crawled out of the wreckage it was the first thing they saw . |