Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] a big " in BNC.
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| 1 | People think , well now , here 's a man who 's been accused of fraud and so forth and shortly after that it comes out that he 's given a big thing to the government . |
| 2 | President George Bush said : ‘ I do n't know what Saddam 's doing , but he 's made a big mistake . |
| 3 | She says : ‘ He 's made a big difference to my being able to get through it . |
| 4 | He 's done a big bucketful for me ! ’ |
| 5 | He 's built a big HQ in Helsinki , has another building in Turku , the second city . |
| 6 | He 's doing a big thesis on the border sites , that 's why he 's working at our place for a year or so . |
| 7 | Sometimes you see someone painting a door or something and get that little bit done there and then they step back to make sure they have n't missed something cos they could be it could be so obvious to anyone who 's just standing , What 's he doing there he 's left a big piece in the corner there that |
| 8 | Cabinet ministers were exasperated that he allowed last Thursday , when he was facing a big test in the Commons , to be dominated by the resignation of a junior member of the Cabinet . |
| 9 | Frankie Howerd : April 19 , aged 71 : ‘ Titter Ye Not ’ master of sexual innuendo and star of Up Pompeii , who died just as he was enjoying a big comeback . |
| 10 | He was wearing a big white coat , and he was screaming . |
| 11 | His timing was impeccable attacking his old boss on the day he was making a big speech on the economy . |
| 12 | I had one chap who worked for me for over two years without one accident , did n't scratch anything , did everything right , he was a wonderful conscientious man , and then one day he was carrying a big box containing some expensive crockery and he tripped on the top step of the stairs and the lot went down , the whole box went right to the bottom . |