Example sentences of "had [verb] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The owner of the stall reminisced about old Wadi Halfa where his father had owned a big tea-house on the Corniche . |
| 2 | He had owned a big department store that had burned down , and he had then hanged himself . |
| 3 | She had made a big mistake , but now it was over . |
| 4 | Mama had made a big kettle of soup . |
| 5 | The young Irish champion had made a big impression on his regular cross-channel trips last season , and a place with Swift or Van Diemen had been earmarked for him ever since he stunned the British series regulars by winning the opening round of the 1992 championship . |
| 6 | The night before his death I had bought a big bunch of red carnations to put in my room with the lighted candles we were now writing by , to please Dana . |
| 7 | I had to announce a big disaster during the war , the fall of France or something , and it was during a children 's matinee . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I remember after we had had a big success at Covent Garden with Elektra he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Birgit , for the first time in my career I get good notices here in London ! ’ |
| 9 | They had had a big Sunday lunch , with Mum and Dad being there . |
| 10 | In my grandmother 's house I had had a big bedroom ; here I had to share . |
| 11 | An Arabic-speaking Tunisian-American , Habib was the son of Phillip Habib , a former government agent who had played a big part in breaking up the French Connection in Marseilles during the 1960s . |
| 12 | And there were calls for the theatre to close as it had become a big drain on local council finances . |
| 13 | During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star . |
| 14 | When I came back to England I was very humbled really to erm because I arrived in Nepal three hours before that crash and erm a lot of people had thought I 'd died in that crash and erm the patients had thought I 'd died as well and they had to put a big notice outside to say that I 'd been alright , they had lots of people ringing up . |
| 15 | Tonight , in a rare moment of good judgement , he had hired a big band whose music would not drive his older guests out into the night . |
| 16 | It had proved a big advantage . |
| 17 | ‘ It was the strangest game I 've played in — as if the crowd had stuck a big syringe in me and sucked all the energy out , ’ he said . |
| 18 | We had finished a big dinner in Chicago around midnight . |
| 19 | It was cold but not too cold , and dammit , I had caught four fish with hardly any effort ; fish that had taken a big crust with a savage bite that suggested they were very hungry . |
| 20 | Their circumstances had changed : Mr Singh had a full-time job , they had taken a big step and purchased their council house and Mrs Singh now felt that she needed permanent work herself . |
| 21 | And you had to get , get a bit of paper and you drew a straight line , straight line , see like that , and if he had two white legs you put a cross , two white see , if he had a long one , he had put a big cross , if he had a long , two long white leg , if he had me behind you put a cross . |
| 22 | ‘ Eastern Suburbs had planned a big welcome for Martin and the match with Balmain had sold out on the strength of it being his debut . |
| 23 | We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming . |
| 24 | Neither had been able to get home for her funeral , but they had telegraphed a big wreath and paid their fair share of the undertaker 's bill , after which the letters and dollars stopped and Vi and Mary had grown even closer . |
| 25 | The military said it had launched a big manhunt for army coup leaders who escaped when their men surrendered . |
| 26 | He had Patti Smith on Arista who had released a big hit , ‘ Because the Night ’ . |
| 27 | But I had to make a bigger adjustment to studying . |