Example sentences of "was [adv] such [art] bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , Kaptan was not such a bad boy . |
| 2 | This was not such a bad thing at this stage . |
| 3 | Their minds were obviously not on meteorological work , and as the squadron gradually decreased in numbers with each little batch that left for home , farewell parties were a regular occurrence in the office and I began to think that perhaps Binbrook was not such a bad place after all . |
| 4 | But , of course , the devil finds work for idle hands , and they began thieving , acquiring all manner of things but particularly musical equipment When they realised it was mostly too hot to sell they thought maybe it was n't such a bad idea to learn how to play the stuff they had thieved . |
| 5 | It was n't such a bad idea , even though Spurs are one of the truly great clubs and Venables one of the brightest bosses . |
| 6 | Perhaps working in a place like this was n't such a bad idea after all . |
| 7 | Which was n't such a bad idea , she realised , and moved from the door . |
| 8 | ‘ Er — just the one night , I think , ’ she replied , having hoped not to stay even that long but suddenly realising that , since she needed some kind of base where she could go to collect her thoughts , that perhaps to have a room where she could relax and think in private was n't such a bad idea after all . |
| 9 | Maybe Vanessa Vail was n't such a bad fantasy after all : she might die , but at least she was her own woman . |
| 10 | Maybe Woolwich was n't such a bad place after all . |
| 11 | ‘ I more or less had to prise it out of him , but in the end he decided I was n't such a bad risk , after all . ’ |
| 12 | Talbot saw no point in mentioning that the Ariadne had never carried out a hydrographic exercise in its life and that the ship had been called Ariadne to remind the Greeks that it was a multi-national vessel and to persuade a wavering Greek government that perhaps NATO was n't such a bad thing after all . |