Example sentences of "[pers pn] was the biggest [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The organiser had hysterics , telling me I could n't cancel as I was the biggest name on the bill .
2 It was the biggest operation of its kind ever undertaken in the county .
3 It was the biggest event the school ever organised .
4 Ray Bellringer , a national park spokesman , said it was the biggest event of its kind in the recorded history of the mountain .
5 Do you know , when television came it was the biggest event in our lives , for women .
6 It was the biggest body-blow the club had taken since they were dumped into the Second Division 20 years ago .
7 He said : ‘ It was the biggest sickener I 've ever had in the sport .
8 It was the biggest ego trip I 'd ever had .
9 It was the biggest mission in Russian history .
10 It was the biggest shock of my life .
11 It was the biggest station I have ever seen , and served all Europe , direct .
12 It was the biggest privatisation ever .
13 When we won it was the biggest race .
14 ‘ When we did a signing session at the Rough Trade shop , we thought it was the biggest ball hop ever ! ’ cackles Niall .
15 It was the biggest thrill for him in everything we did together . ’
16 It was the biggest exercise of its kind mounted by Courtaulds , with questionnaires so far going to 15,000 employees across the whole range of operations in the UK , continental Europe , United States , Latin America , the Far East and Australasia .
17 It was the biggest day of my life .
18 It was the biggest mistake he ever made buying me my first board . ’
19 It was the biggest mistake of my life and one that I really try hard to forget .
20 The former Kray henchman dashed Fleet Street scribes ' hopes for a headline such as ‘ The Silence Of The Lambrianou ’ when he said of the underworld bloodletting : ‘ It was the biggest mistake the Krays made . ’
21 It was the biggest response I can remember , ’ said Alan Wright .
22 It was the biggest pay-day of my career . ’
23 It was the biggest house he had seen so far in the village .
24 It was the biggest card Bryan could play .
25 It was the biggest demonstration since the lifting of martial law in 1988 , and was estimated by police to number 10,000 .
26 It was the biggest crowd I 'd ever played in front of .
27 It was the biggest hoist in five years .
28 This was n't an especially spectacular event , although it was the biggest eruption on Etna for some years , and there were no casualties , but none the less it was very instructive .
29 It was the biggest blaze in the Stroud area for some years .
30 It was the biggest influx of water fowl I can recall .
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