Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trying to compose myself , before concocting the programme notes for the Gosling Celtic match , I notice that I have developed a bad case of the shakes . |
| 2 | You have made a bad bargain in marrying Havvie . |
| 3 | Planning for the future care of your children can be particularly stressful if you are someone who wants to have as little as possible to do with social services and other authorities , or if you have had a bad experience with them in the past . |
| 4 | Divorced people , and therefore single parents , have had a bad press lately . |
| 5 | Comment clauses especially the more colloquial ones , such as you know , you see , and I mean — have had a bad press . |
| 6 | and then theres 's Jim Smith … the ex Oxford manager still lives in Woodstock … his current team Portsmouth have had a bad start … he 's the man who took United to the old first division … |
| 7 | and then theres 's Jim Smith … the ex Oxford manager still lives in Woodstock … his current team Portsmouth have had a bad start … he 's the man who took United to the old first division … |
| 8 | Men have got a bad press in recent years and I think it 's important that women should feel safe and secure with the new contacts they make . |
| 9 | ‘ I think hairdressers have got a bad reputation as so many of them try to dominate the client . |
| 10 | These are very very cheap discounted tickets er usually using what we might call the dodgier carriers of the world , not necessarily those which have got a bad safety records or crash records , but where the cuisine is n't quite as good on board , or you do n't get an inflight movie . |