Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] big " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it came to boxing , Reg Witter paired me with a bigger boy called Charlie Featherstone , who happened to be quite a friend of mine . |
| 2 | She fixed me with a big smile and gave a flirtatious wink from behind her diamond encrusted specs and said : ‘ But I would be happy to invite YOU in Tony . |
| 3 | It drew her to a big yellow truck , where a dark scarf of smoke tugged across the pavement . |
| 4 | One Bank of England official described it as the biggest scandal since the South Sea Bubble . |
| 5 | The press reported it as a big accident . |
| 6 | They pushed through the door , and found themselves in a big general office . |
| 7 | And when Albert and Mister Johnny came in , she cut the pie and told them about the big fair that was held every Michaelmas in the Norfolk village where she had lived when she was a little girl about the gay gipsy carts and the fire eater , and the booth where you could have a tooth pulled for sixpence with a brass band to drown your screams ; about the two-headed calf and the Bearded Lady and the Toffee Woman . |
| 8 | Dad drove them to a big hotel and Jane and Mike were there already waiting for them . |
| 9 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 10 | You know you you told me about the big boat did n't you ? |
| 11 | At a press conference he committed himself to a big recruitment drive for Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , and , if necessary , to putting more resources into local authorities in order to make the bill work . |
| 12 | She gave her name and address , and P.C. Clifford then drove her to the big office block in Upper Thames Street , just round the corner . |
| 13 | I told her of the big green seas , all crinkled and slow , heaving up astern as the icy wind scoured their tops into freezing spume . |
| 14 | Hazel turned back and joined them among the big , rosy-veined , magenta flower-spikes . |
| 15 | They might have had one if Bill could have explained his idea because that 's exactly what Harry Nilsson later did with the song , turned it into a big ballad and scored a number one hit with it . |
| 16 | I got one with a big chunky battery , it should 've lasted about six month to a year |
| 17 | She arranged them on the big table on the terrace where they looked impeccable , like clothes set out for a wedding . |
| 18 | He considered him as he caused coffee to be produced and established them at the big table at the other end of his room . |
| 19 | I met her in a big line-up of people and it was very difficult for her . |
| 20 | One Saturday a woman came in and took me to a big room where there was another woman with two children . |
| 21 | He took her to the biggest house , whose womenfolk she knew well . |
| 22 | But I think we blew it in a big way . |
| 23 | I hurt myself on a big erm . |
| 24 | Bunny introduced me to a big redhead ( the Fergie look ) wearing a flimsy black party frock slit up both sides to reveal large expanses of lace-patterned black tights . |
| 25 | We saved them in a big tin , and when we got to the theatre and she opened it up they were all stuck together in a fluffy lump — pear-drops , and fruit-gums and licorice torpedoes and polo mints , with bits of hair and silver paper and bus tickets sticking out . |
| 26 | Pringle put one through a big gate via Wright 's edge . |
| 27 | One evening , when the pain of her laboured breathing had become very bad , she lay watching Comfort as she sketched something on a big white pad . |
| 28 | Everyone remembered him as a big man in all senses but not as a good headmaster except that he liked everyone and everyone liked him and in chapel he was a superlative speaker . |
| 29 | It reminded him of the big shots in the trade union movement having sandwiches at Number 10 all those years ago . |
| 30 | I was now doubly careful not to let any more brother/sister matings take place , and when the female had attained a mighty 2.5″ I cautiously introduced her to the big male . |