Example sentences of "be [prep] [det] a bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Since playgrounds give our children so much , it 's a great shame that in many areas , the old playparks are being allowed to run down until they 're in such a bad state that it 's easier and cheaper to knock them down and build a carpark than try to make them safe . |
| 2 | Someone , somewhere , figured out that a shapely , karate-dispensing ebony superwoman would n't be at all a bad idea . |
| 3 | Some cars were in such a bad state of repair that standing passengers were banned on them . |
| 4 | 6 horses were in such a bad state they had to be shot . |
| 5 | Last Thursday central tv showed animal rescue workers at the farm taking away 35 goats suffering from emaciation. 6 horses were in such a bad condition they had to be shot . |
| 6 | He says that they mounted an undercover operation to get to the horse — it 's in such a bad way it may have to be put down . |
| 7 | But he 's in such a bad mood at the moment . |
| 8 | Our building industry is in such a bad state that we will have no trained workers to build the stadiums and villages by then . |
| 9 | On the one hand claiming Darlington is in such a bad state it needs more Government help , on the other claiming the town is a thriving local centre . |
| 10 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA is in such a bad way that only the determination of the French state keeps it alive , and Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA is not much healthier . |
| 11 | They er I mean in , in Handsworth right , on this bottom corridor , the boys ' bottom corridor , it is in such a bad way you know like they keep erm like putting their fists through windows and things like that , and the amount of repairs and fining . |
| 12 | Responsibilities , I mean , it would have to be torn down and build up again it was in such a bad shape , it was really , I mean , terrible , it must of been , it was , it was man who lived in since the second world war , alright , so you get . |
| 13 | They thought he was going to die he was in such a bad way . ’ |
| 14 | and they thought , they said then it was connected with the accident , erm because it , you know , she was in such a bad way , and , the other fellow was to blame , I think he 'd been drinking , I 'm not sure , but they 're claiming off the insurance and they reckon she 's gon na be entitled to around a hundred thousand pounds compensation , because , not only has she had these physical injuries , but because she had a knock on the head it 's also affecting her mental state |
| 15 | You can see why I was in such a bad mood Saturday cos if I 'd drunk that much Friday night you can imagine what sort of a hang over I had . |
| 16 | She was n't very coherent … and she was in such a bad state I could n't force her … ’ |
| 17 | But the the the railway stock was in such a bad state , that that 's when people started the real activists of the Labour movement really started talking about confiscation instead of compensation . |