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2,205 occurrences of big.

454 documents matching criteria (34.50% of corpus)

2,946,861 total words in matching documents (64.24% of corpus)

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Title Author Multimedia Word count Freq. Norm.
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 01 - 28.08.81 852 648 1 1.54

... I'd better get cleared up and ready to go. It's a strange, big country, but I think I'll enjoy my stay. I'll write again ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 02 - 31.08.81 852 946 1 1.06

... I'm settling down better now. Edward, or "Tomo", is a nice big chap who's studying P.E. and hoping to get into the soccer ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 04 - 04.09.81 852 921 1 1.09

... He's a bit homesick too and wondering if he hasn't make a big mistake. Although I miss home, and I'm missing Carole, I ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 05 - 08.09.81 852 581 2 3.44

... Sept. 1981 Dear Maw, Paw, & Al, On duty. Yes, today's big surprise is, I've got a job, of sorts!! Your globetrotting ...
... or not, it's all so strange, usually in subtle rather than big ways. Like the much larger size of the cars, the standard ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 06 - 13.09.81 852 565 2 3.54

... raucous, and more impersonal. Hockey - ice hockey - is the big game here, and their big world event, the Canada Cup, is ...
... Hockey - ice hockey - is the big game here, and their big world event, the Canada Cup, is on just now. There was a ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 11 - 08.10.81 852 336 1 2.98

... (i.e. U.S.A & Canada) so "Beaver Foods" put on a big turkey dinner at the residences tonight. It was really ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 12 - 13.10.81 852 716 1 1.40

... Canada! Mind you, Long John Baldry - remember him? - is big here still, and is playing locally later this month. I'm ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 20 - 29.11.81 852 964 1 1.04

... was serious or not. Uncle Billy wrote, and also sent me a big Scottish Field calendar, which was good of him. I must ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 25 - 02.01.82 852 1,378 1 0.73

... the Tigers - Huskers game just as Clemson was making the big play. Nebraska made the best of the break, forcing a ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 26 - 09.01.82 852 1,037 1 0.96

... took about 1ΒΌ hours to come thro', and Montreal was a BIG airport. You could fit about 7 or 10 Prestwicks into it! I ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 27 - 16.01.82 852 633 2 3.16

... That should take care of my copious free time... The big talking-point here just now is the earth tremors that have ...
... shaking the eastern seaboard all week. I've only felt the big one, which woke me up last Saturday morning. The whole ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 30 - 02.02.82 852 1,008 1 0.99

... softly thro' the trees. The Lodge at Mactaquac is a big wooden building surrounded by trees, snow, and "skidoos" ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 36 - 24.03.82 852 869 1 1.15

... sent you a St Patrick's Day card (March 17) - it's really big over here with all the 100th generation Oirish, who use ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 38 - 14.04.82 852 520 1 1.92

... out to the airport, and when we arrived back there was a big "Welcome Carol" [sic] sign and she was assaulted by about ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 42 - 23.05.82 852 622 1 1.61

... is the world coming to? The Falklands Islands crisis is big news here, as I suppose it is everywhere: artists' ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 45 - 12.06.82 852 523 1 1.91

... letters. The weather continues to be gorgeous across the Big Water, and I've taken up health again - after playing ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 49 - 08.07.82 852 466 1 2.15

... I'm itching from various insect bites: Canadian summer's big Catch 22 are the bugs!! I'm hoping to go to PEI (Prince ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 50 - 21.07.82 852 912 2 2.19

... farmlands full of PEI tatties, Ayrshire cattle, and big wooden farmhouses. Miles upon miles of beach ... of all ...
... upon miles of beach ... of all the North Shore is one big beach-come-provincial park. Ann's family was very good to ...

Correspondence from Canada: Letter 51 - 05.08.82 852 466 1 2.15

... anniversary. I must try to do better next year for the Big Two-Five. I hope that you had a great day. My excuse is ...

Travel journal: USSR 852 35,187 13 0.37

... the bags and case to the nearest bus stop a chap in a big black official taxi obviously took pity on us and, ...
... me the way to the English section - "Daniel Deronda" is a big hit this year it seems - and told me that the Progress ...
... Thursday Sept 29th Another fine day - blue sky and warm. Big lazy end-of-season wasps stagger into buses and dodge ...
... eat it even when it's freezing cold. We ambled past the big wheels and boat pond, along the river to Gagarinskaya, and ...
... unsuccessfully to part them but at last is won over - big wedding finale and more exuberant jumping. The Palace of ...


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