Example sentences of "be [v-ing] the big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it now looks inevitable that MPs and unions will be demanding the big spending schemes aimed at putting Britain back to work do exactly that . |
| 2 | Every day , wherever tummies are tickled and muzzles scratched , some owner somewhere will be pondering the Big Question . |
| 3 | Now I have , and I 'm telling you that if you marry him then you 'll be committing the biggest mistake in your brief little life . ’ |
| 4 | Sales of mainframe systems are still thought to be earning the biggest profit . |
| 5 | They were bringing the big fellow in on the three o'clock train . |
| 6 | At the beginning of the century , chemistry and physics had still been fairly cheap : the expensive sciences were astronomy and exploration with its associated natural history , the Humboldtian programme ; but by the latter half of the century physics and chemistry , though still to our eyes heavily dependent on sealing wax and string , were becoming the big science of the day . |
| 7 | A report by the Confederation of British Industry says Britain is enjoying the biggest increase in business confidence for ten years . |
| 8 | A millionairess with a taste for adventure is facing the biggest challenge of her life . |
| 9 | A glazier is facing the biggest challenge of his life — replacing thousands of windows shattered during the civil war in Croatia . |
| 10 | BRIAN CLOUGH is facing the biggest crisis of his managerial career . |
| 11 | WHO , BY the way , is getting the biggest postbag at Westminster at this joyful time ? |
| 12 | Over the weekend only a third of ambulance crews were working in London , where the dispute is taking the biggest toll because of staff shortages . |
| 13 | The industry is comparing the biggest boom it ever had — the peak in 1989-90 — with today 's admittedly lower level of activity . |
| 14 | VIDEO is hitting the big screen . |
| 15 | For the past two years he 's been dreaming of bringing the marathon to Nepal … now he 's planning the big day … |
| 16 | And with Deane , you are forgetting the big guy turned down a BETTER contract at Sheff Wed to join Leeds . |
| 17 | He was approaching the big speech about the Hooded Owl , the speech which Malcolm Harris had rightly claimed to be the centre of his play , the speech that the star had not once got through since he had abandoned his script . |
| 18 | One of them was carrying the biggest banana you 've ever seen ! |
| 19 | Maybe that 's what I was thinking the big house was . |