Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] the big [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The truth is that my women friends really would n't feel much better if they were 19 going on 20 , 29 approaching 30 or nudging the big Four-O .
2 If that were the case , it would n't make sense to ask who , or what , caused or created the big bang .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Is there a future for the small producer , or have the big boys take the market ?
7 But the remedies being advanced can neither disguise nor obviate the bigger need , which is prevention .
8 BNS was established at Pontypool in South Wales post-war , and became the biggest nylon producer in Europe .
9 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 . ’
10 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 .
11 Carolyn Henderson finds out how pint-sized performers can take on and beat the big boys .
12 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 .
13 I will also introduce a few grains of hemp into the swim along with the maggots to try and bring the bigger dish onto the feed .
14 ‘ 'Ere , you went and ate the biggest bit of cake .
15 As she set up her tables and put the big kettle on to boil , she made a point of taking Annie aside .
16 At this , Angel One taunted him , baring his own teeth and imitating the big dog 's snarl .
17 But there was a big door , well I used to get in the entry from , with an ordinary key , used to go up the b up the op big opening and open the big doors from the insides , you see what I mean , for the rest to come in .
18 Pete ran ahead and opened the big glass doors as he usually did and Mum lifted him up to press the button for the lift .
19 Kenneth stood , lifted the stalk of the sun-shade and opened the big parasol , casting a shadow over Janice and Rory .
20 But now , in the light of David Bowie 's recent solo record deal , we must put aside such frivolity and pop the big question .
21 Jeans salesman David Fish says the correct number should not be hard to remember if 501 wearers simply turn round and examine the big letters printed on their backsides .
22 It may be human nature to dread each turn of the decade , but it 's equally so to grin and celebrate the Big Birthday when it comes .
23 The doctor or unit or hospital that can shout the loudest and wave the biggest shrouds in front of TV cameras on the look-out for ‘ human interest ’ stories gets the money and the staff .
24 As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim .
25 It creates power , it cocks your wrists to the swing plane , puts you into the same position at the top every time , and stretches the big muscles of the back .
26 He found it on the far side , punched the red button and watched the big metal doors start to move .
27 They ran quickly over the snow and pulled the big sledges from the ship onto the ice .
28 He opened his own salon in 1923 and hit the big time in 1935 , when he designed the wedding dress for the Duchess of Gloucester .
29 Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye .
30 Locate the offices of Arthur Kobold Publications by twelve noon and win the big cash pay out . ’
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