Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] a bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martinho and I must have seemed a bad pair to him . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I must have had a bad dream and screamed in my sleep . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’ |
| 4 | Regretfully , he had to let it all pass ; he knew such behaviour would have created a bad impression with editors and got him laughed at — the thing he most feared . |
| 5 | Dr Julius Grayling , the man in charge , says that he would have had a worse chance of getting a grant from the Mandan Foundation if he had applied with a literal description of the work he wanted to carry out . |
| 6 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |