Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [art] big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time it had n't made up its mind whether it was going to deliver an immediate response to Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparcstation 10 announcement — and ship systems later on in the year — or make a big splash in the Autumn with deliveries pretty much straight after . |
| 2 | Fine or make a big kerfuffle and say you little alright then , well see what happens okay ? |
| 3 | If that were the case , it would n't make sense to ask who , or what , caused or created the big bang . |
| 4 | ( And the western Greeks tended to make their dedications at the nearest of the Greek sanctuaries of the mainland , Olympia , rather than creating or patronizing a big cult centre of their own , ) Fifth-century Italy and Sicily did produce historians , like Hippys of Rhegion , or Antiochus and Philistus of Syracuse , the ‘ Sicilian Herodotus and the Sicilian Thucydides ’ ; even Dionysius I , tyrant of Syracuse from the late fifth century to 367 , wrote history as well as the tragedies and comedies for which he was , as we shall see , more famous . |
| 5 | Once his appearance has been changed to identify him with the group ( it may be dyeing his hair shocking pink or wearing a big badge ) , then not only will other people assume that he has agreed to all the ideas and implications of the movement but he himself will be more likely to feel this to be true , even to throw all doubt to the four winds without further investigation . |
| 6 | Whether you are dealing with small children or addressing a board meeting , getting information from the man who 's repairing your washing machine or closing a big deal with a new customer , you need to be able to put yourself and your message across . |
| 7 | The trouble is that both the product and the claims made for it are so unusual that it is impossible to predict whether it will disappear , never to be seen again , or become the biggest thing since MS-DOS . |
| 8 | The trouble is that both the product and the claims made for it are so unusual that it is impossible to predict whether it will disappear , never to be seen again , or become the biggest thing since MS-DOS . |
| 9 | does n't say all that much , she 'll probably just get up and walk out of the room or , or heave a big sigh or something . |
| 10 | So you could actually , if you 've got , if you then put , if those graphics people were fairly high powered art directors and they did n't , they did n't , they were n't like , did n't have to show all their stuff , that they had enough news sense to not make any more mistakes than most layout people do on newspapers , which are sometimes colossal , like burying the lead or putting the big story on page thirty-eight , you know . |
| 11 | But the remedies being advanced can neither disguise nor obviate the bigger need , which is prevention . |
| 12 | Robert was sent as an apprentice to an upholsterer in Covent Garden at the age of fourteen , progressed up the ladder , bought the business , and became a big wheel in the East India Company , a founder of Williams & Glyn Bank and the local MP . |
| 13 | BNS was established at Pontypool in South Wales post-war , and became the biggest nylon producer in Europe . |
| 14 | The boffins down at War-U-Like have invented a new toy ; a high-powered supa-dupa combat aircraft that can outfly and outblast anything in the air , and make a bigger noise doing it . |
| 15 | It may try and cope without and make a big saving on salary payments . ’ |
| 16 | George Albert Smith was later of course erm to come on and make a big name , a world name for himself as the inventor of the first colour process , a very simple , two-colour process , but it was invented by him in Brighton , and it was the first world colour process . |
| 17 | ‘ Yet in his six years here he has won two championship medals and made a big contribution . |
| 18 | ‘ This year , ’ explains Mr Aimetti , ‘ the German company has had the opportunity to take advantage of the boom there and made a big profit , so we pay tax in Germany . |
| 19 | After freshening up , she hurried to the galley and made a big pot of coffee and a huge plateful of bacon sandwiches . |
| 20 | He played only once in that series but was then brought back for the rubber in India and made a big impact , so that when he had Steele 's wicket at Headingley he chalked up his hundredth Test wicket in the record time of two years 144 days . |
| 21 | But both played in the goal-less draw at Swansea in midweek and made a big impression on boss Peter Shilton . |
| 22 | When he had remained in his bed to at least 6.30am he was praised and given a big mug of chocolate . |
| 23 | After a couple of moves I gained the crest of this and draped a big sling over its tip before setting off on a journey of discovery down the other side of the offending obstacle . |
| 24 | Edward recalls his earliest years at Wakehurst Road : I have only one clear early glimpse of my father — darting out of the house in his slippers and chasing and catching a big boy who had bullied me . |
| 25 | Then ants would crawl through the cracks in the floor and build a big nest in the middle of the bedroom . |
| 26 | In many areas it is simply impossible for them to go out and win a big share in an intensely competitive market without the Government 's explicit support and cooperation . |
| 27 | That was the boy 's job , not a very pleasant one too because he had to — one of the hardest jobs I reckon , and the least paid — he had to cook the food and coil the big rope which was a nasty job , especially in the summer when the jelly-fish were about ; they used to sting the hands and he 'd get a rash between his fingers . ’ |
| 28 | Pulling on the reins with one hand and pushing the big horse with the other , she backed him straight into the drunken lout just as he flung the cloak aside . |
| 29 | She did a business course at weekends , stayed in Huddersfield during the week , paid for friends and helpers to stay there too , and hired the big factory machines . |
| 30 | Jazz 's father was a taxi-driver and drove a big diesel Mercedes , which was now parked outside the house . |