Example sentences of "[adv] bad as it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Tucker again ; Exeter , 4 January : Come if you can but it 's not so bad as it seemed . ’ |
| 2 | But perhaps it was n't as bad as it looked , and in any case one could n't go on sitting here , being stared at by the whole of St Petrock's-on-Sea while Chignell waved smelling salts under one 's nose . |
| 3 | The contour lines on the map were remarkably close together for the final descent but we decided it could n't be as bad as it looked . |
| 4 | ‘ It was n't as bad as it looked , ’ Sacco said . |
| 5 | It was , I did n't erm believe that the picture of constraint that was painted in appendix two was quite as bad as it looked . |
| 6 | ‘ Not as bad as it looked on first assessment . |
| 7 | things went from bad to worse then as United defender Colin Andreson got sent off … for a challenge that was late but not as bad as it looked … ref had different thoughts |
| 8 | things went from bad to worse then as United defender Colin Andreson got sent off … for a challenge that was late but not as bad as it looked … ref had different thoughts |
| 9 | Still , it did n't smell as bad as it sounded . |
| 10 | If so was it as bad as it sounded on the radio ? |
| 11 | He had her foot in his hand before she could stop him and his indrawn breath made her aware that it looked as bad as it felt . |
| 12 | Did it sound as bad as it felt ? ’ |