Example sentences of "he [verb] the big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a kid who got out not through sport but through The Word , and who would n't forget this blessing , even when he became the Big Man . |
| 2 | As he knows , he got the biggest majority he has ever had in his constituency against me . |
| 3 | Lester Piggott provided the York magic yesterday and he looks the biggest danger here on another unlucky Goodwood horse , Mudaffar . |
| 4 | He may not look the fittest man on the field , but he has the biggest heart . |
| 5 | Waving the bureaucrat clear , he dropped the big foresail , furling and stowing it into its sailbag . |
| 6 | Almost immediately he confronted the biggest crisis of his political life . |
| 7 | Now he faced the biggest obstacle he would ever have to clear , for the only chance of cure lay in a long and horrifically painful course of chemotherapy . |
| 8 | In October he unveiled the biggest loss in Australian corporate history and he ended the year with debts of A$8billion . |
| 9 | He hated the big drawing-room , with its French windows . |
| 10 | Instead he sees the big idea of this movie : all people are linked by the universal spirit . |
| 11 | He gets the biggest round of applause . |
| 12 | He was beginning to find that he enjoyed the big offworlder 's company , and it was amazing how many things they had in common . |
| 13 | He needed the big money . |
| 14 | Born in Scotland he started as a young full-back at Park Head … then after 200 games with Carlisle … he hit the big time with Spurs … that 's when he became pals with Hoddle … at 29 his English career was wrecked by injury … he helped pioneer soccer in the states and then came back home again to coach … |
| 15 | He thought the big strike vote was partly due to Ford 's record profits last year of £673 millions . |
| 16 | He obediently followed her into the back kitchen , and gave a delighted whoop when he saw the big pot of homemade faggots and mushy peas simmering on the polished black range . |
| 17 | ‘ He owns the Big Farm up at … ’ |
| 18 | Mike shrugged easily , but his right hand crept around to the rear pocket of his overall , where he kept the big Stilson spanner . |
| 19 | Garrison Savanah has a few tales to tell … he won the big race at Cheltenham 3 years ago and tomorrow the Gloucestershire favourite will be off and running for the big prize at Newbury |
| 20 | He said the biggest element in the rise from last year 's £309 was the Government 's withdrawal of the ‘ safety net ’ , which adds £14.87 to each bill . |
| 21 | Friend of mine , I had a beer with in the week , showed me his new car , and he said the big irritation is it does n't centrally lock , having been used to it . |
| 22 | Now he faces the biggest challenge of his existence — the devil-take-the-hindmost motorways of Bavaria , Austria and Italy . |