1.   But their hard, streetwise experience gave their big break.

2.   Here was her big break, a star role to confirm that all-important credibility.

3.   His big break at ninety-one was in getting to babysit instead of being babysat.

4.   The young composer practises his scales while waiting for a big break.

5.   For the next few years I worked in clubs, and then I got my big break, appearing in a major movie.

6.   His big break came when an agent spotted him in a prison production of the Tempest and signed him up.

7.   He did small commercials for Porsche, Nikon and Diet Cola before getting his big break with the Yellow Pages advert.

8.   She was a working class woman on her own, looking for that big break.

9.   An agent or producer offering a big break?

10.   And with some help from a cousin, they got a big break.