Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then President Truman made a big mistake he got the United Nations to authorize another resolution which called for the unification of Korea erm through United Nations intervention and American forces crossed the Yalob |
| 2 | Most noticeably , and surprisingly , cigarette smoke ! — which Tod has a big thing about , for all his periodic perfectos . |
| 3 | Germany has a big problem , has n't it ? |
| 4 | Semaphoring his credit card , Meadowbrook made a big thing of catching the tab . |
| 5 | TINY terror Ronnie Corbett scores a big hit with gorgeous Jilly Johnson … by joining her in a new campaign against smacking . |
| 6 | On September 14 and 15 the staff and friends of Greenbank hold a big sale of unusual bulbs for discerning gardeners . |
| 7 | He provided a letter from ‘ Richard Neville , Editor , Hippy Review , Turramurra North ’ , to the New Statesman : ‘ Sir : There 's a new generation with a new explanation , everybody should get VD , when you come to Notting Hill wear a big flower in your wig . |
| 8 | This will allow Holland 's KLM to keep a big investment in Northwest Airlines . |
| 9 | At a parliamentary caucus this week , Ronnie Milo , a former minister , argued that the Likud needed a big idea of its own . |
| 10 | LEEDS ' hopes to land fiery Aussie Test forward Mark Geyer received a big boost yesterday . |
| 11 | The team discussions Chapman introduced at Highbury played a big part in the planning of campaigns . |
| 12 | The stark contrast between England 's win this time and their loss in the deciding one-day match on the same ground last February made a big impact on Kiwis who saw both . |
| 13 | Jane has a big doll . |
| 14 | Eve took a big bite , then got quite a fright |
| 15 | Learning to ride Tara proved a big challenge for Mark . |
| 16 | Nine months ago Jill King from Longhope had a big problem … 500 angora goats … and a recession that meant no one wanted to buy their fleeces . |
| 17 | Gina and Nigel had a big scene after the feminist publication came out . |
| 18 | The Mexican Nobel prize-winner Octavio Paz gave the inaugural address , and the Kongresshalle houses a big exhibition on Mexican written culture , with inscribed tablets , stele and Prehispanic codices , through to the present day . |
| 19 | Further to the north you take the ferry across from East to West Cowes to avoid a big detour inland via Newport . |
| 20 | The machine was shipped to Orkney , still not in working order , while Ingrid carried on going to Yorkshire to process a big order from Paul Smith for a bold circles design on chalkstripe suiting . |
| 21 | Carrie saw a big bowl of them on a table and then their reflection — and hers — in what seemed hundreds of mirrors . |
| 22 | My step brother , Tommy , do you know the original well Mr was a sales rep for Bokes couriers , and er his wife used to make pickles , homemade , and she us Mr used to give his friends a jar of pickles occasionally and er from that the idea of selling them , cos it ou after they 'd started distributing amongst his friends he got the idea that there was a market for it , so my step-brother Tommy er started to work with Mrs we used to call them Mrs but her name was , Street you know where Street is , well on the left hand side of Street about oh at the back of the first row of houses in Street , there was a , a small open space and Mr had a big shed put there , and er started buying the pickling onions and er all the women who wished to started skinning onions at so much a bag for Mr and er he 'd gradually built himself up but me step- brother Tommy was er working full time helping Mrs to pick the onions and , and that , that 's how Mac 's Pickles started was just from a mere fact of him being a commercial traveller and he 'd di distribute them to his friends and created the , a market for himself really ac actually they , they , they did have a van driver and a van , a van to deliver them as they gradually increased the supply and they used to deliver them all , all around the area . |
| 23 | Queen Victoria achieved a big improvement when she insisted that prime ministers should not choose whomsoever they liked without consulting the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and in later stages she was able to insist that if the archbishop objected , the prime minister 's nomination should not go forward . |
| 24 | Nero wants a big river pearl to go in his belly-button , he says he ca n't see the other one for fluff . |
| 25 | Daniel saw a big man in a blue coat , and shouted to him . |
| 26 | I remember my uncle Tommy Hauxwell , who came to live with us to manage the farm after Father died , telling me about the time Great-Grandad bought a big flock of geese over in Stainmore , which is more than six miles away over the moors . |
| 27 | Jessica swallowed a big swallow , notwithstanding . |
| 28 | Humberside has a big concentration of chemical and food industries and this is an attempt to get close to the market . |
| 29 | Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found a big increase in crankiness and hunger during these growth spurts . |
| 30 | Hawick chose a big chair by the fireplace in which a simulated coal fire burned merrily , emitting real warmth thanks to the gas which powered it . |