Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first it looked as though I 'd made a big mistake . |
| 2 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 3 | She 'd got a big bust . |
| 4 | Now that was her excuse but there is some evidence to say that she 'd got a big investment in weaving machine and I think she was a little bit worried er that these might take over from . |
| 5 | And he never forgive me for this you see because he were a big noise you know , he he 'd got a big business in . |
| 6 | That 's right and they 'd do into the wheat and they 'd on they 'd smoothed off , one man 'd had a big sack there , they hold her in , they had this one they build one in , he 'd go one in , he 'd go one and he 'd go one , four , four bushels of the corn and they used to tow it up , heave it out on the scale and they used to have a little old hand basin like that , with a handle on , take a little out or put a little in , and then them men down the hold , them ones , then he 'd do so many on the left and they 'd change over , he 'd do that way . |
| 7 | So you 'd had a big breakfast and it 's still normal which implies you 're going to be fine , now |
| 8 | When I mentioned Spain , it seemed to make a big difference . |
| 9 | He finished tying a big bow dead on Kim 's cleavage and as she turned to go , she winked at me . |
| 10 | She decided to organise a big fund raising effort for the anaesthetic unit at the Memorial . |
| 11 | I did make a big mistake there , though . |
| 12 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
| 13 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |
| 14 | We did n't have an explosion but we did have a big fire . |
| 15 | The owner of the stall reminisced about old Wadi Halfa where his father had owned a big tea-house on the Corniche . |
| 16 | He had owned a big department store that had burned down , and he had then hanged himself . |
| 17 | She had made a big mistake , but now it was over . |
| 18 | Mama had made a big kettle of soup . |
| 19 | The young Irish champion had made a big impression on his regular cross-channel trips last season , and a place with Swift or Van Diemen had been earmarked for him ever since he stunned the British series regulars by winning the opening round of the 1992 championship . |
| 20 | The night before his death I had bought a big bunch of red carnations to put in my room with the lighted candles we were now writing by , to please Dana . |
| 21 | I had to announce a big disaster during the war , the fall of France or something , and it was during a children 's matinee . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I remember after we had had a big success at Covent Garden with Elektra he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Birgit , for the first time in my career I get good notices here in London ! ’ |
| 23 | They had had a big Sunday lunch , with Mum and Dad being there . |
| 24 | In my grandmother 's house I had had a big bedroom ; here I had to share . |
| 25 | An Arabic-speaking Tunisian-American , Habib was the son of Phillip Habib , a former government agent who had played a big part in breaking up the French Connection in Marseilles during the 1960s . |
| 26 | And there were calls for the theatre to close as it had become a big drain on local council finances . |
| 27 | During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star . |
| 28 | When I came back to England I was very humbled really to erm because I arrived in Nepal three hours before that crash and erm a lot of people had thought I 'd died in that crash and erm the patients had thought I 'd died as well and they had to put a big notice outside to say that I 'd been alright , they had lots of people ringing up . |
| 29 | Tonight , in a rare moment of good judgement , he had hired a big band whose music would not drive his older guests out into the night . |
| 30 | It had proved a big advantage . |