Example sentences of "a big [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terrible ! and you make a heaps of the field and then that 's the first handling , and then these heaps had to be loaded on to a trailer and then they were all dumped in a big heap at the bottom of the drive , and then we wait till there was a truck for each Stow station and load it all up again , and do you know there 's those forks with big Cumberland Cross on the end , and we 'd load those up , take them to Stow station , and unload it into the waggon . |
| 2 | and it sounded as though it was on the railway but it was n't the railway it was a big factory at the side . |
| 3 | WE hear that there was a big attendance at the first meeting of the new Basingstoke branch of the League Against Cruel Sports , when the League 's information officer , Kevin Flack , told them : ‘ I believe that most people are opposed to hunting but it has been recent antics of the Quorn Hunt and publicity from the MacNamara Bill that has convinced them that something has to be done to put an end to their activities . ’ |
| 4 | Erm , there was a big reunion at the house of the Mayor of Strasbourg , Baron Dietrich , and they discussed a number of things , and one of the topics was raised was how coarse the Revolutionary songs were . |
| 5 | It 's got quite a big shed at the back . |
| 6 | I 've got a big wardrobe at the moment but it mainly consists of shoes — I bought these boots from Read or Dead . ’ |
| 7 | Porter International scored a big hit at the National Conference of the Steel Structures Painting Council , held in Kansas City , Missouri , by mounting a screen show on several computer terminals . |
| 8 | Yes I mean , I think that we had a big discussion at the last area committee on the scheme and the problem was of course that the detailed plans er , for the consultation erm to the , I 'm at , I 'm a bit worried that at this late stage there 's this new idea of of building on the green wedge at the back and I would n't like to think that the scheme should be delayed the important thing , it seems to me , is that it should press ahead and |
| 9 | he was a big name at the time , Laepol Stokowski |
| 10 | Well I 've got a , mm , got a big wood at the back of my place I |
| 11 | Erm , there is a big problem at the moment with cosmetic labelling , for example , erm just exactly what does cruelty free mean ? |
| 12 | It 's a big problem at the moment . |
| 13 | In September 1912 a record for fast travelling was set up when a turn-out was made in 30 seconds to a big fire at the foundry at Deanshanger . |
| 14 | If there was a big bank at the back of the house they would have a hole just dug out and er built up with flagstones |
| 15 | He was not a big star at the time and it was just a good song . |
| 16 | They had just done a big concert at the Albert Hall with an orchestra for an album called Snowgoose . |
| 17 | Peter Swales , Manchester City chief and a big wheel at the FA , was one . |
| 18 | If you wanted to be different , you could find a big city at the end of the railroad and be different there . |
| 19 | people get great ideas we want to give this a big show at the press to which I say well ho ho ho step back |
| 20 | Gilbert : ‘ When we had a big exhibition at the Hayward Gallery , 80 works , only three or four had a penis in it . ’ |
| 21 | That 's why , for instance , it 's easier to produce a big conference at the Brighton Conference Centre where there is almost austere simplicity than it is in Blackpool 's charming but inflexible Winter Gardens . |
| 22 | There 's a big house at the end of an avenue of chestnuts . |
| 23 | You might also ask them if they had a big hi-jacking at the end of May . |
| 24 | oh and I 've made a big rug at the centre , which I shall have home before Christmas , a big woollen rug I 've made , yes so , oh it 's a beautiful rug it 's with those er silver thing you push through the hole on the canvas |
| 25 | there 's a big notice at the end of the lane which says |