On the north side there was a big open courtyard that connected the library to City Hall.

The big courtyard, with a vast glass wall on one side, is spectacular.

I recollect the big courtyard at your place very well.

"Is that building at the back of the courtyard big enough to hold the survivors?"

The building features a big central courtyard (Quad), and balconies for most of the various sections.

There was a big mossy courtyard on the other side of the wall, crisscrossed with washing lines.

The big courtyards covered by skylights also left me cold.

Mike spied the trap-door slowly open in the middle of the big courtyard, and he called out to the others.

There was a big courtyard, most of it hidden in shadow.

They're staging the play outside, in the big courtyard.