Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [art] bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | The paradoxes put forward Tolkien 's theses that determination should survive the worst that can happen , that a stout pretence is more valuable than sincere despair . |
| 2 | History suggests that Hongkong Bank should expect the worst after 1997 ; it lost all but one of its 33 branches in mainland China in 1949 . |
| 3 | I asked if you were sleeping with him , and since you have done everything to evade a straight answer I must assume the worst or the best , depending whose side you are one . ’ |
| 4 | Umpires must interpret the bad light law correctly for the sake of the crowd . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's no reason why drag queens should get a bad rap , ’ to which she adds , a little curiously , ‘ They 're pagan . ’ |
| 6 | Your remarks on the Masefieldian lines go to the root of the matter — I should say the bad Masefieldian lines for in some points one would not in the least be ashamed to have learned from him … |
| 7 | For example , leaving rates of women employees may show a worse picture than for male employees . |
| 8 | Indeed , the cheapest price , which competition will principally lead to , may ensure the worst service . |
| 9 | There were two routes to follow : on the one hand he could try and solve the murder , but that might make a bad situation worse . |
| 10 | It was growing dark , and she thought of sleeping on a bench or under a tree in a remote part of Regent 's Park , but she was afraid that , having spent the night out and returning in a dishevelled state , her landlady might assume the worst and not let her in again . |
| 11 | Evidence gathered from a cross section of different employers suggested that while the female-dominated nursing profession might fare no worse in the way its job performance is rated , bias is almost certain to enter the merit pay process when those ratings are translated into pay awards . |
| 12 | They might have a bad past but they 've got something which saves them . |
| 13 | They might have a bad past but they 've got something which saves them . |
| 14 | To build up his pot , because he might have a bad month , or he might want to go on holiday . |
| 15 | I 'm still terrified , even though McDunn 's on my side , because I can see he 's not so hopeful any more and if they take him off this I might get the bad cops , the ones that just want a confession and Christ I 'm in England , not Scotland , and despite the McGuire Seven and the Guildford Four they still have n't changed the law : down here you can still be convicted on an uncorroborated confession even if you try to retract it later . |
| 16 | But if he does we might get the bad things . |
| 17 | Writing in the Labour Sunday newspaper , environmental journalist Tran Trong Thuc , suggests : " Officials fear they 'll get a bad reputation among foreign investors if they reverse their decision " . |
| 18 | Cats have long memories , especially where a nasty shock is concerned , and may remember a bad experience of this kind for years afterwards . |
| 19 | When we are handling a horse , especially a young one , we need to be careful that we do n't do anything with it that could become a bad habit . |
| 20 | Yet they reckon it could set a bad example elsewhere in Eastern Europe ( Czechoslovakia ) as well as in bigger , more important places ( India and , when their worries turn that way , the Soviet Union ) . |
| 21 | The Maldives took the view , along with several other SAARC states , that bilateral problems among members should not impinge on the SAARC and that Sri Lanka 's decision to refuse to host the 1989 summit could set a bad precedent . |
| 22 | ‘ He could have a bad week swingwise and still win by five shots because he 'd somehow make the best of his opportunities , no matter how limited they were . |
| 23 | The auditor also criticised prices which he said had been too low in the past and meant a marked increase last year , which could have a bad effect on demand . |
| 24 | There were fears that the compromise announced by Mr Douglas Hurd , the Foreign Secretary , which will give full British passports to 50,000 key personnel and their families — 225,000 people — could prove the worst of all worlds . |
| 25 | You 'd got to do your sport for him and , if you did n't , you 'd get a bad report . |
| 26 | At the time it seemed things could get no worse but , inexorably , they did . |
| 27 | THOSE who fondly believed British tennis could get no worse have again been proved wrong . |
| 28 | It is there that Mr Kohl 's fine political antennae could get the worse of him . |
| 29 | Indeed , it could represent the worst environmental disaster that Western Europe has known this century . |
| 30 | Let's face the worst . ’ |