Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I must have had a bad dream and screamed in my sleep . ’ |
| 5 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’ |
| 7 | Martinho and I must have seemed a bad pair to him . |
| 8 | Sheila could not have desired a worse profession . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He had made a few calls , but could n't have chosen a worse time to be setting up a casual liaison . |