Example sentences of "[verb] a bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both activities can be very enjoyable But neither activity will get you very far in your quest for fitness , and to be honest they give walking a bad name . |
| 2 | I 'm glad you like my essay , but I do n't like what you 're doing ’ , or would he think ‘ oh dear I 've got to put with this or she 's going to write a bad report on me ’ . |
| 3 | Most of us know someone who had the misfortune to suffer a bad car crash , or a heart attack , or a breakdown . |
| 4 | It was this inability to up the run rate that coach Jim Love blamed for the defeat , though it has to be said that Storie had done well to repair a bad start when the Scots lost both openers , Bruce Patterson and Iain Philip , on 17 . |
| 5 | He caught a bad cold and , thinking that the disease had returned , took his life . |
| 6 | Mr Edgar caught a bad cold , which seemed to get worse and worse . |
| 7 | This is one of those channels where it 's hard to find a bad sound ; everything set on 5 is about right , full-bodied but still jangly , exactly how it should be . |
| 8 | ‘ Randolph , you must help us quickly ’ he gasped , ‘ Rudolph , you dad has caught a bad cold and will not be able to pull the sleigh tonight . |
| 9 | And somebody 's reported a bad pot hole near your house Harry . |
| 10 | Just this once , she would risk being considered a bad loser . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that farmers are caught in a pincer movement between the National Rivers Authority , which threatens prosecution of farmers who use more fertiliser on their land to increase productivity , and the banks , which are increasing their interest rates on loans to farmers , because they are considered a bad risk ? |
| 12 | British pubs and restaurants should follow it without hesitation and who knows , we might all see a time when smoking is considered a bad habit of the past . |
| 13 | He looks a bad colour to me . " |
| 14 | Australia , said Mr Bob Graham of Westpac , ‘ is gaining a bad reputation overseas as a result of the failures . ’ |
| 15 | Peter Jones , who ran the Atomic Weapons Establishment from 1982 to 1987 , is also concerned that production of the next generation of Trident warheads is going ahead in buildings which are more than 30 years old which might not be able to contain a bad leak . |
| 16 | Has a bad attitude |
| 17 | It is not only that no one on the planet has a bad word to say about Sybil : people trip over their superlatives . |
| 18 | In all cases where you are borrowing money , you should ask for , or arrange for , full insurance on the aircraft — so that if you or another group member has a bad crash , maybe writing the aircraft off , the rest of the group ( or your dependants ) are not stuck with the loan . |
| 19 | The estate in Bradford where people told us they could not get credit because it had a reputation for housing defaulters ( see Appendix II , section 5 ) is an example of a physical credit ghetto , and depth-interview respondents in Finsbury ( London ) told us that their experience suggested that ‘ it has a bad name for credit ’ . |
| 20 | Socialist realism has a bad press in the West . |
| 21 | Though cholesterol has a bad reputation , a raised level of cholesterol in the blood being one of the risk factors associated with heart disease , it is actually an essential component of the body . |
| 22 | As a father , the tom-cat has a bad reputation . |
| 23 | The Central Junta has a bad reputation ; a clumsy body of thirty-five presided over by the aged Floridablanca , President of the Junta of Murcia , its pretensions as a sovereign body with the title ‘ Majesty ’ were slightly ridiculous . |
| 24 | It has a bad reputation in the system . |
| 25 | And he refuses to accept that he has a bad boy reputation which goes before him with officials . |
| 26 | ‘ Romance has a bad influence on reality , ’ Clare said . |
| 27 | Livermore confirmed : ‘ Four people were hurt — Gray has a bad shin , Gordon Durie twisted an ankle , Sheringham hurt a knee and Samways sustained damaged ankle ligaments . |
| 28 | If a big studio has a bad patch , as Fox did until a year ago , then the library can carry the studio . |
| 29 | Relatively inexpensive , it may on the one hand inspire confidence in the wearer and on the other act as a tactile reminder that he/she has a bad knee . |
| 30 | It is n't , it 's Nigel and Nigel has a bad brake problem . |