Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [vb pp] bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that if I ran and it was a coronary , it should have got worse , but I ‘ ve run round the block and it has n't , so it must be indigestion . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ When I saw that he had drunk it all , I knew he must have felt bad . |
| 3 | It must have looked bad last night for Bill to say anything . |
| 4 | Match commander Peter Durham said : ‘ It might have looked bad , but nobody was hurt and the crowd did n't get involved — apart from one 11-year-old lad who joined in . |
| 5 | Political unrest in Yugoslavia could have spelt bad news for Airtours , which planned to send 7,000 sunseekers there this summer . |
| 6 | ‘ Things could have got worse . |
| 7 | I would have felt worse had they . |
| 8 | I would have felt bad all day otherwise . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ That would have looked bad — you should never be one of the stragglers at a party . ’ |
| 10 | … Just when it is desirable that ignorant men , new to politics , should have good issues , and only good issues , put before them , these statesmen will have suggested bad issues . |
| 11 | By the next election , the lot of the Tottenham poor will have got worse , and the chance of alleviating it through economic growth will have receded . |