Example sentences of "[vb pp] a bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Randolph , you must help us quickly ’ he gasped , ‘ Rudolph , you dad has caught a bad cold and will not be able to pull the sleigh tonight . |
| 2 | And somebody 's reported a bad pot hole near your house Harry . |
| 3 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
| 4 | Just this once , she would risk being considered a bad loser . |
| 5 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that farmers are caught in a pincer movement between the National Rivers Authority , which threatens prosecution of farmers who use more fertiliser on their land to increase productivity , and the banks , which are increasing their interest rates on loans to farmers , because they are considered a bad risk ? |
| 6 | British pubs and restaurants should follow it without hesitation and who knows , we might all see a time when smoking is considered a bad habit of the past . |
| 7 | Somebody once said , " I have never met a bad Quaker yet . " |
| 8 | He had n't done a bad job of dictating her actions so far but that did n't mean it had to continue . |
| 9 | Yes , Arnold Thomas had done a bad thing in deserting him just when he needed him most , and he had been a rogue of the worst kind to have stolen money into the bargain ; but if he could only find his son , he would tell him that all was forgiven , and that he wanted him here , in his rightful place , at the helm of his father 's business . |
| 10 | Manager Paul Malone surveyed another packed treatment room after yesterday 's game with Linfield and said : ‘ We 've suffered a bad run of injuries over the last month . |
| 11 | THE Duchess of York told millions of TV viewers last night that she , too , had suffered a bad year — and blamed herself for it . |
| 12 | These elements were inspired by his own experiences during the break-up with Sandra after she had suffered a bad LSD experience in her search for enlightenment . |
| 13 | One critic of the Salon d'Automne wrote : ‘ The prize for idiocy this year is retained by M. Picabia … while M. Kupka has turned to sphericism , ’ while Hourcade felt that Picabia had ‘ pushed a bad theory as far as it can go . ’ |
| 14 | Hewlett , predictably , has ‘ never seen a worse church ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've not seen a worse sea this year . |
| 16 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
| 17 | Punishment alone has never made a bad character into a good one , or even ensured temporary good behaviour . |
| 18 | Spartan Missile had made a bad mistake at the eighteenth and Thorne was giving him plenty of time to recover . |
| 19 | The hotel had much to keep youngsters occupied , but by day three we realised we had made a bad mistake in taking such a young child skiing . |
| 20 | The Catholic Church had made a bad mistake with Galileo when it tried to lay down the law on a question of science , declaring that the sun went round the earth . |
| 21 | Despite her defiant words , though , she had the feeling that she had made a bad mistake during these last few minutes . |
| 22 | Can I just enlarge upon that because , and quote from it , by boycotting employment action the CoUncil 's controlling group seem to have made a bad decision , prompted by a desire to score political points in the debating chamber . |
| 23 | Making herself examine this thought , slowly and properly turning it around in her mind , recreating the scene which she could see so vividly of Jasper and Bert with the two I.R.A. , she had to admit that Jasper and Bert had made a bad impression . |
| 24 | He announced a significant improvement in city-wide maths scores in 1991 , a decline in the drop-out rate from 20.8% to 17.2% which at least made a bad situation less appalling . |
| 25 | You have made a bad bargain in marrying Havvie . |
| 26 | In the difficult job of getting through one 's life happily , she had made a bad start . |
| 27 | If you 've got a bad head |
| 28 | He was trying to climb up a brick wall , but he 's got a bad leg . |
| 29 | I 've got a bad leg ! |
| 30 | two sixty , if you 've got a bad phone it used to drag the paging down for all others , where if you 've got paint in the socket |