How do big banks get liquidity?

How do large banks buy at the ask and sell at the bid with large amounts but retail traders that want small amounts can not get liquidity to buy at the bid and sell at the ask? Also, can anyone sitting at a BB trading desk walk through a current trade idea along with how it is executed?

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