Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert was sent as an apprentice to an upholsterer in Covent Garden at the age of fourteen , progressed up the ladder , bought the business , and became a big wheel in the East India Company , a founder of Williams & Glyn Bank and the local MP . |
| 2 | BNS was established at Pontypool in South Wales post-war , and became the biggest nylon producer in Europe . |
| 3 | The boffins down at War-U-Like have invented a new toy ; a high-powered supa-dupa combat aircraft that can outfly and outblast anything in the air , and make a bigger noise doing it . |
| 4 | It may try and cope without and make a big saving on salary payments . ’ |
| 5 | George Albert Smith was later of course erm to come on and make a big name , a world name for himself as the inventor of the first colour process , a very simple , two-colour process , but it was invented by him in Brighton , and it was the first world colour process . |
| 6 | ‘ Yet in his six years here he has won two championship medals and made a big contribution . |
| 7 | ‘ This year , ’ explains Mr Aimetti , ‘ the German company has had the opportunity to take advantage of the boom there and made a big profit , so we pay tax in Germany . |
| 8 | After freshening up , she hurried to the galley and made a big pot of coffee and a huge plateful of bacon sandwiches . |
| 9 | He played only once in that series but was then brought back for the rubber in India and made a big impact , so that when he had Steele 's wicket at Headingley he chalked up his hundredth Test wicket in the record time of two years 144 days . |
| 10 | But both played in the goal-less draw at Swansea in midweek and made a big impression on boss Peter Shilton . |
| 11 | When he had remained in his bed to at least 6.30am he was praised and given a big mug of chocolate . |
| 12 | After a couple of moves I gained the crest of this and draped a big sling over its tip before setting off on a journey of discovery down the other side of the offending obstacle . |
| 13 | Edward recalls his earliest years at Wakehurst Road : I have only one clear early glimpse of my father — darting out of the house in his slippers and chasing and catching a big boy who had bullied me . |
| 14 | Then ants would crawl through the cracks in the floor and build a big nest in the middle of the bedroom . |
| 15 | In many areas it is simply impossible for them to go out and win a big share in an intensely competitive market without the Government 's explicit support and cooperation . |
| 16 | That was the boy 's job , not a very pleasant one too because he had to — one of the hardest jobs I reckon , and the least paid — he had to cook the food and coil the big rope which was a nasty job , especially in the summer when the jelly-fish were about ; they used to sting the hands and he 'd get a rash between his fingers . ’ |
| 17 | Pulling on the reins with one hand and pushing the big horse with the other , she backed him straight into the drunken lout just as he flung the cloak aside . |
| 18 | She did a business course at weekends , stayed in Huddersfield during the week , paid for friends and helpers to stay there too , and hired the big factory machines . |
| 19 | Jazz 's father was a taxi-driver and drove a big diesel Mercedes , which was now parked outside the house . |
| 20 | There was this veranda on the back of the caravan which Yul Brynner had got from somewhere , and he was sitting on this veranda in his black shirt , black boots and black trousers and smoking a big cigar . |
| 21 | I will also introduce a few grains of hemp into the swim along with the maggots to try and bring the bigger dish onto the feed . |
| 22 | ‘ 'Ere , you went and ate the biggest bit of cake . |
| 23 | And the , cos they took , they took the doors and put a big window there . |
| 24 | And those bits again , either tuck them in out of the way or better still fold them over and put a big plaster over the top to get them right out the way so no ends are left dangling , remember for most people you 're doing this for they 'll probably be returning to their place of work , okay , so they need to be safe to return to work , everybody okay on that lot ? |
| 25 | As she set up her tables and put the big kettle on to boil , she made a point of taking Annie aside . |
| 26 | At this , Angel One taunted him , baring his own teeth and imitating the big dog 's snarl . |
| 27 | Pete ran ahead and opened the big glass doors as he usually did and Mum lifted him up to press the button for the lift . |
| 28 | Kenneth stood , lifted the stalk of the sun-shade and opened the big parasol , casting a shadow over Janice and Rory . |
| 29 | But now , in the light of David Bowie 's recent solo record deal , we must put aside such frivolity and pop the big question . |
| 30 | It may be human nature to dread each turn of the decade , but it 's equally so to grin and celebrate the Big Birthday when it comes . |