Example sentences of "have [verb] a big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | These included care of the mentally ill ( which then also included the elderly with mental disability ) — these categories which should have received a bigger slice of the cake , actually received a smaller percentage of health board funding during the funding period from 1981–82 to 1985–86 . |
2 | A goal then might have made a big difference . |
3 | Televising might have made a big impact on proceedings in one other area . |
4 | I saw him play on Sunday and to be perfectly honest had he sat down in the middle of the field I reckon he 'd have had a bigger influence on the game . |
5 | The great chamber , we do n't have great chambers now , but sort of the master bedroom , private sitting room , erm would have had a big bed in it . |
6 | Stromness must have had a big temperance movement then . |
7 | However , it did not resolve the crucial question : Does general relativity predict that our universe should have had a big bang , a beginning of time ? |
8 | The cat must have got a bigger shock . |
9 | You should have got a bigger size in n it Dawn ? |
10 | Pity you were n't a captain , then you 'd have got a bigger disability pension . ’ |
11 | Winning entente floral would have meant a big tourism boost for cheltenham — so what went wrong ? |
12 | Well first of all I 'd go down Street and up Street West and up to the top of Street and there was some puddling furnaces , the new side iron works and I 'd watch those men they 'd produce wrought iron and during the process the metal boils up and I 'd have to get a big rubbling bar and rubble they 'd call rubble into a ball , there 's a little wagon put underneath the put under the wagon and off he goes to the steam hammer , now I used to be fascinated with this and Saturday after Saturday I used to go up there and watch one of the heats and as soon as they 'd finished doing they used to go into the Forge and Hammer for a drink , I mean it was such hard work so they 'd do a heat go up the Forge and Iron and come back and then do another heat when I 'd |
13 | Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum . |
14 | But , while this would have brought the Tory rebels back on board , it would have left a big question mark over whether Mr Major could continue . |
15 | Big industry will have to take a bigger share of the professional clubs . |
16 | Mathematically we can still be caught , but we 'd have to make a big mistake . |
17 | As a matter of fact , I 've enjoyed the day very much indeed , so you do n't have to make a big thing of being grateful . ’ |