Example sentences of "[pers pn] be bad [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's bad enough that he should get two things wrong about what is perhaps one of the best known poems in the English language . |
| 2 | It 's bad enough that Timothy 's mooning over her like a schoolboy , wet behind the ears . |
| 3 | It was bad enough that a National Front MEP should emerge as chairman of the delegation to the Swiss parliament ; worse still that one of Mr Schonhuber 's men should be vice-chairman of the delegation to Israel 's Knesset . |
| 4 | It was bad enough that the anniversary of my David 's death was only a few days away . |
| 5 | Claudia held on to her temper with an effort ; it was bad enough that Dana had leapt to the right conclusion without her confirming it . |
| 6 | It was bad enough that he had this damn-fool obsession with programming — if he had got his priorities right in the first place , he and Emma might have made some headway . ’ |
| 7 | It was bad enough that they were deceiving these innocent , kindly folk — did he have to do it so well ? |
| 8 | It was bad enough that she 'd fallen in love with the cold , glacial man she already knew him to be — if she were to suddenly discover a tender , humane element to his character , heaven help her . |
| 9 | But damn him — it was bad enough that he be high-handed and autocratic when they were alone together — did he really have to carry it into the public arena too ? |
| 10 | It was bad enough that she should have to accept Ian 's help with farm work , but that was necessary , if only to keep Joanna happy . |