Example sentences of "[vb past] the big " in BNC.
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| 1 | They passed the big houses in Ashfield Place where all the doctors and veterinary surgeons lived , then made a left turn into Great Horton Road , which swept right down the hill to the town centre . |
| 2 | It just seemed to go all wrong when we passed the big rock . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She says that Diana started the conversation by calling her ‘ Duch ’ , ’ says one with whom Fergie shared the big secret . |
| 4 | After a succession of jobs as bellhop , waiter , car-park attendant , like a bit-part actor who finally made the big time in this aquatic Hollywood , he has built a career out of surfing big waves . |
| 5 | The size of the holes , and the thickness of the surrounding bubbles of enriched galaxy formation , depend on the details of the perturbations fed in to the idealised model calculations , and this offers hope that better observations of these holes in the Universe may reveal information about the kinds of disturbances that made the big bang of creation develop irregularly . |
| 6 | — hit the bottle with a vengeance when the group made the big time . |
| 7 | In 1980 , Dirk Coetzee made the big time in the South African Security Police . |
| 8 | I always wondered what made the big difference between the last rates bill for Brent and the present arrangements ; now I understand that it was the £140 reduction . |
| 9 | The moment last year when the JET scientists made the big breakthrough … producing energy from nuclear fusion … the joining of atomic particles . |
| 10 | She had rinsed out the tub , and lowered the big and tarnished metal plug into the hole . |
| 11 | Lesley-Jane cued the big speech , and no one breathed . |
| 12 | He spread an oilcloth on the table then laid the big cutting board on top of it . |
| 13 | Not to psychoanalyse her in any way , but we all became the Big Sisters to Debbi . |
| 14 | But a kid who got out not through sport but through The Word , and who would n't forget this blessing , even when he became the Big Man . |
| 15 | In the garden on the other side of the wall lived the big yellow dog . |
| 16 | ‘ A break-in , is it , sir ? ’ asked the big one , tightening his black gloves like he 'd seen on television . |
| 17 | As he always has done , King produced the big names . |
| 18 | So you really got the big three institutions , but unfortunately , like everything else , they grew and grew and grew and grew , and there 's forty five engineering institutions ! |
| 19 | Then we got the big fridge in the kitchen for all the foods like we use every day , then we got erm , oh w no , we got six fridges , and then we got the pie fridge , got all the p pies and put the cakes in as well , and we got another deep freeze . |
| 20 | But , in a tremendous game that thoroughly entertained the big crowd , Garryowen played a storm . |
| 21 | As I entered the big house by the back door I noticed a lot of activity , people dashing here and there . |
| 22 | Barney explained the intricacies of the pre-selector gearbox , after which Julie engaged first gear and , with a slight jolt , moved the big car slowly down the station drive . |
| 23 | you seen the big glass offi |
| 24 | Trent bunched his knees up as a fulcrum and as the man hit them , grasped the big man 's trousers at the waist , heaving for his life . |
| 25 | Occasionally , flatpickers used the big Guilds . |
| 26 | If that were the case , it would n't make sense to ask who , or what , caused or created the big bang . |
| 27 | Creative football that created the big chance — a second chance at Wembley . |
| 28 | They found the big white board with the word RESCUE painted across it . |
| 29 | Donna found the big man pressed close to her . |
| 30 | I found the big difficulty in socialising was that my friends lived in another part of London . |