Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You dog me and Rosie like a shadow whenever we want some peace to do bad things to one another , and this scam 's a team affair to start with . |
| 2 | The need to avoid bad history is the reason the debate over the teaching of history in schools is so important : what is the proper balance between traditional concerns with royalty and battles as against the need to understand the great political movements of our time and the social and economic conditions which spawned them ? |
| 3 | But to remain so , it will have to give the market its freedom : no more fixed prices , no more production quotas , no more refusal to let bad enterprises go bust . |
| 4 | Geoffrey Martel claimed the right to abolish bad customs ; William the Conqueror worked towards securing uniformity of custom across the whole duchy . |
| 5 | Drama gives us the safety to make bad decisions and time to think about them constructively . |
| 6 | Top : Allow your toddler to express bad feelings , however embarrassing . |
| 7 | It comes as no surprise that Brazil 's rural credit policy actually encourages farmers to follow bad farming practices and there is no countervailing influence to change it . |
| 8 | It had to make provisions of £386,000 to cover bad debts . |
| 9 | But his mind was quick , and his memories were all intact ; and the longing never really went away , that awful persistent longing that could find outlet only in frustration and anger , and a wish to do bad things ; to hurt and to insult like he did now while he waited for David to concede defeat and agree to take him to the auction after all . |
| 10 | We plan four or five new productions a year — there 's no chance for people to say bad things , because they have to show extremely high professionalism to be able to on stage very often , to learn fast , to be prepared to replace a colleague ’ — there are two or three casts for everything , even Khovanshchina — ‘ and to spend time with the company . ’ |
| 11 | If she still managed to get anything in the way of a book published he would persuade some friends to provide bad reviews . |
| 12 | Taunts of ‘ Bloody Superstars ’ bear this out , but the sense of loss can ne eased by deliberate attampts to spread bad rumour . |
| 13 | Without this control it would have been possible for a Committee with a bondholding minority to make bad decisions to the cost of the Bondholders . |
| 14 | I was n't in the best of shape to receive bad news and that was what awaited me in the byre . |
| 15 | The best way to avoid bad habits is to anticipate the possibility of their occurrence and to be careful how we handle and train horses . |
| 16 | Children do not have the same need as adults to use bad language to relieve their feelings ; they have other ways of letting off steam . |
| 17 | Apparently from the centuries-old custom of throwing salt over one 's left shoulder in order to avert bad luck . ’ |
| 18 | There was always a way to beat bad weather blues and enjoy ourselves . |
| 19 | The best way to approach bad behaviour is to tell the child to stop whatever she 's doing and give her a reason why . |
| 20 | The decisions of individual men and women to commit bad acts is what causes crime . |
| 21 | It is sometimes convenient to overwork the most efficient to the point where they become exhausted , but this is the quickest way to introduce bad habits such as leaving a kill or disregarding a rabbit tucked up at the end of a hole . |
| 22 | As I mentioned , the ebony has a greasy nature , so after cleaning up and before polishing , I ‘ washed ’ the tables with thinners to prevent bad adhesion of the lacquer . |