Example sentences of "we have a big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ca n't we have a big conversation , please , juice and , oh |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | false at first and then we had a big discussion about it . |
| 4 | On Whit Bank Holiday we had a big turnout of 24 member volunteers . |
| 5 | Right , okay , the other thing I was going to ask about we , we had a big promotion of Amnesty by The Body Shop , last year , er and we noticed that Our Price were also going to do promotion of Amnesty and we asked , wonder if we look into local shops and see what they could find out and what was going on , did you find anything ? |
| 6 | We had a big management shakeup in BHS when I could see that certain people were just not going to change their spots . |
| 7 | My father was a miner but loved his garden and we had a big smallholding |
| 8 | We had a big shelter |
| 9 | We had a big Christmas tree once — ages ago , it was . |
| 10 | erm We had a big screen and the atmosphere was absolutely tremendous — right up to the last minute as you said , with three points in it , it was very tense . |
| 11 | See if I was fetching anything or anything like that Oh we had an awfu we we had a big stock er big stock you know . |
| 12 | The black and there was all cement drawn and everything and we had a big table in there and he just carried on he did n't make shoes and he died when he was er , well he had a bad stroke and , and he was in the other room for seven years . |
| 13 | We had a big family conference tonight about Our Giving . |
| 14 | pretty good in those days , two pounds a week which helped things out and er although we had a big family of eleven of us , including mum and dad , er contributi contr contributions from them where , well , whatever they could make , a shilling here and a shilling there . |
| 15 | You see well the point was when you pick 'em up erm we had a sm we had a big boat , what we called hanger boat , a very heavy boat and that used to have a wooden so therefore we used to pull it up by hand and pull it ove on a little barrel with a hand power that 's what we used to do and once we got the anchor in board we 'd pull the chain in by hand and then rerun it again right on to the mud and on the anchor again . |
| 16 | So we had a big sandwich you know with salad and with crisps and that on the side and the hot chocolate and it was five pound . |
| 17 | We had a big garden , but I insisted that the children must have variety in their surroundings . |
| 18 | Gilbert : ‘ When we had a big exhibition at the Hayward Gallery , 80 works , only three or four had a penis in it . ’ |
| 19 | Later in the war , when sugar was very strictly rationed , we had a big barrel of molasses , a thick syrup , in the small warehouse . |
| 20 | We have a big directory that we 've got to put all these |
| 21 | ‘ We have a big squad here and a big wage bill , ’ said Bonds , who is eager to loan out players in the hope of off-loading them permanently . |
| 22 | ‘ I still have a nagging disappointment and frustration from that first leg but I still believe we have a big chance . |
| 23 | ‘ We have a big operation down there . |
| 24 | We have a big mission down in Iraq , during the war we did all we damn well could to make certain those boys did n't go under to the Ayatollah 's shit-pushers . |
| 25 | We have a big promotion of leisure wear by top French designers ; it 's a chance of a lifetime for any model and one Dana could n't miss once she knew about it . ’ |
| 26 | We have a big service area at the front of the store where customers can see the engineers working . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We have a big interest in Russia and Russia has the same in Lithuania — they need access to the Baltic and to ( the Russian enclave of ) Kaliningrad , ’ he said after casting his vote on Sunday . |
| 28 | Algirdas Brazauskas : ‘ We have a big interest in Russia ’ |
| 29 | My blue period officially ends when we have a big leaving party for Kathleen and Katrina in a couple of days ' time but in fact it probably ends just about now . |
| 30 | ‘ On occasion — say , if we have a big wine-tasting for overseas buyers . |