Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a bad " 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 The professor said : ‘ Judith has had a worse time than David because all of this is not of her making .
3 Over the years , quarrying generally has had a bad record for pay and conditions , and Penrhyn has a particularly infamous past .
4 The intensely religious former viceroy of India and wartime ambassador to Washington has had a bad write-up .
5 Cholesterol has had a bad press .
6 She has had a bad time .
7 ‘ If the Queen thinks she has had a bad year , look at me — my whole life has been pretty horribilis , ’ said Olive , from Birmingham .
8 And to my recollection , no one for whom Prost has ever driven has had a bad word to say about him , save at the very end of Prost 's career with Renault , when other factors that had nothing to do with driving intruded .
9 Not everybody has had a bad war .
10 School Social Worker is here and has had a bad day .
11 The Transport Secretary is a very genial Scot who has had a bad press but can take it with a smile .
12 No but I mean he has had a bad start
13 Boards A , B , C , D have all started , although D has got a bad start by not passing close behind the start boat .
14 Networking , too , has got a bad name these days , as the scandalous links between Tokyo 's politicians , bureaucrats and businessmen are exposed .
15 Unfortunately Banbury has got a bad reputation among boat users in the past and the council is doing little to dispel it .
16 Well no , he has got a bad throat an you know , he had a little lump in his throat , I think they thought it was cancer or something or a little growth , but you often get that in the throat .
17 But if he has , I do n't think it follows that Fathers and Children has become a bad book in his eyes , but rather , it is now not all that good .
18 RIGHT Intelligent and loyal , the German Shepherd dog is another breed which , like the Rottweiler , has gained a bad reputation in the popular press .
19 Good technology has gained a bad name .
20 Any human being who has eaten a bad oyster , spent a night in agony , and vowed never to touch oysters again , will understand this .
21 On May 26th a full-blown review of the matter was announced , but it has left a bad smell of abuse of power .
22 ‘ Creative ’ writing has acquired a bad name ; it has been contrasted with proper grammatical writing , and has come to be numbered among the suspect activities of the Loony Left , or at least with the ‘ soft ’ brigade .
23 The first of these is older than the second , and has acquired a bad name ; indeed , it acquired it fairly early , in some part from the monumental and unappealing system of Herbert Spencer .
24 That 's a bit like that thingy but it was bald and it 'd got a bad , ever such a bad
25 He 'd had a bad dream in which he 'd been not only head of the Conservative Research Department , but also with the Raj in Belfast , and confronted by coalminers and oil-rig workers to boot .
26 He felt odd , queer , as if he 'd had a bad dream .
27 He 'd had a bad shave and his hair looked as if it was growing back after having been cut too short .
28 It was as if I 'd had a bad dream .
29 You know , I was on the phone to a customer for fifteen to twenty minutes because they 'd had a bad experience and I was actually making an appointment for Roy to go in and that twenty minutes is a long time , and I think really if anything , it 's just brought to me really , , how little time sometimes , it 's not always the case , it does vary , that , depending on the incoming calls , depending if you 've got got through the emerging paperwork for whatever reason , how little quality time perhaps you do actually spend on the phone , making outgoing calls to sell .
30 when he 'd said he 'd had a bad experience .
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