Example sentences of "[art] big time " in BNC.
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1 | It has taken him just five and a half years to make his mark in the big time . |
2 | The press adored Korda , because he represented ‘ quality and the big time ’ , but the extravagance was a matter of concern to his backers , the Prudential Assurance Company . |
3 | The small time burglars are muppets , the big time bully boys are muppets , I 'm a muppet . |
4 | Still , even session men can hit the big time . |
5 | Paul Newman , older , of course , and Steve McQueen arrived in the big time , too . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Their new single , Family , includes all these elements and could be the one that breaks them into the big time . |
8 | Rodent rockers hit the big time |
9 | WHAT DO you do when your image as a bunch of glamorous rock'n'roll animals starts wearing thin , and you still have n't made it into the big time ? |
10 | I mentioned earlier this year ( 24 January ) the plight of a useful local scavenger , the scrapman , faced by a battery of anti-pollution legislation , intended for the big time operators . |
11 | If you can translate the act to the big time of global rock ‘ n' roll there 's the chance of a lifelong career but it 's a deceptively hard trick to pull off . |
12 | until the big time fills his head . |
13 | Because that 's the way you develop players , give them a chance of first-grade football and get them used to operating in the big time . |
14 | For Jenkins , who ousted Stephens last season only to lose his job through suspension and injury this winter , it will be a return to the big time after only one game in the past month . |
15 | And he is still expected to step up his ambitious attempt to land QPR striker Les Ferdinand and complete his plans for a return to the big time . |
16 | Don King is looking for a return to the big time with Tucker , who will be a tough opponent . |
17 | So Barnes , a 25-year-old who was in park football two years ago , could be pitched into the big time barely a year after revolutionary surgery in the States saved his career . |
18 | To chuck away the big time for a day out at Wembley would be a shame . |
19 | But Newton , known in the dressing room as ‘ Isaac ’ , still has to pinch himself to be sure he really has arrived in the big time . |
20 | WISE CHILDREN Angela Carter Carter 's obsession with performance gets a final airing as twin sister vaudeville actresses go to Hollywood and aim for the big time . |
21 | Brawner was the tops and he gave Mario his first nibble at the big time . |
22 | He opened his own salon in 1923 and hit the big time in 1935 , when he designed the wedding dress for the Duchess of Gloucester . |
23 | Ian Spiro was a novice in this league but still acted like he was in the big time , joining Lomas Santa Fe Country Club where membership costs ‘ tens of thousands ’ . |
24 | Keegan spelled out the philosophy which is steering the Geordies back to the big time under multi-millionaire chairman Sir John Hall . |
25 | ‘ But I came late into the first-class game , I 'm 28 now and I really want to be in the big time before I end my career . ’ |
26 | Before hitting the big time , the closest brush she had with anyone famous was tinting Ringo Starr 's mum 's hair who used to treat her to tea afterwards — spam and chips . |
27 | — hit the bottle with a vengeance when the group made the big time . |
28 | Leslie , who first hit the big time on kiddies ' show Crackerjack , was about to host a new TV series of Stars In Their Eyes — nominated for an award as Britain 's best light entertainment show . |
29 | Statajack was David 's first win for nearly a month and the big time could come with Seattle Rhyme who reappears against Derby third Silver Wizard and Jeune at Kempton on Saturday . |
30 | Warwick , 38 , and a veteran of 131 Grands Prix , won the world sportscar championship with Peugeot this year and has been itching for a chance to get back in the big time of Formula One . |