Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British banger has suffered bad publicity in recent years from Europe . |
| 2 | One person has had bad side effects , the rest of our callers think it 's wonderful . |
| 3 | If you have succeeded in establishing good relations with local journalists , they may be more helpful when you want to avoid bad publicity . |
| 4 | Consideration of the effects of stress in the workplace has meant that for many employers the workaholic has become bad news . |
| 5 | Victor Lewis-Smith has elevated bad taste into an art form . |
| 6 | IT is difficult to tell whether Tuesday 's leadership ballot in the Conservative Party has caused bad blood among the Thatcherites ; the Downing Street bunker is too well insulated for any sounds of strife to be audible outside . |
| 7 | For example , the mental-health establishment , behaving as though it has sniffed bad news , is publicly agitating for full-fledged inclusion in the benefits programme . |
| 8 | I 've warned you before , Ben , either you stop keeping bad company , or … ’ |
| 9 | She 'd suffered worse treatment from punters in the past . |
| 10 | He was not told that socio-economic circumstances meant that he could expect to get bad examination results . |
| 11 | They did not refer me , and strangely I did not insist ; as patients do not want to hear bad news . |
| 12 | Y'know as a manager you do n't want to hear problems , you do n't want to hear bad news , you do n't want to hear disaster . |
| 13 | I know smell bad water nose belong me . |
| 14 | There were many records of such manifestations , from reliable and intelligent observers , who had often described the curious incident before they could possibly have heard bad news from India or Australia , where at that moment a friend 's life was endangered . |
| 15 | Political unrest in Yugoslavia could have spelt bad news for Airtours , which planned to send 7,000 sunseekers there this summer . |
| 16 | ‘ Apologies , comrades , ’ he said , ‘ but in today 's en-lightened consumer age the traffic problem seems to get worse day by day . ’ |
| 17 | Generally , though , all animals try to avoid bad weather , and , in the past , their habits were used as a natural weather gauge . |
| 18 | Hard cases do make bad law . |
| 19 | Families who are desperate for housing are forced to accept bad housing offers simply because they have no other choice . |
| 20 | Those men did bring bad news last night . |
| 21 | We start getting bad weather and then we 're gon na be in trouble are n't we ? |
| 22 | For instance , there have been occasions when I have tried to run bad ball and you just do not get away with that against good opposition . |
| 23 | Children do hear bad language , not only outside the home but sometimes from parents too . |
| 24 | A preview will tell you what the software can do at the moment — we do n't go too heavily on any minor bugs or inconsistencies at the preview stage , but we do criticise bad design and form an opinion about whether the software will be up to scratch when it gets released . |
| 25 | I had received bad news . |
| 26 | I 've got bad indigestion . |
| 27 | three week , I 've got bad breath and it 's all like coming down here and in my ear . |
| 28 | Rand found that some firms were even trying to avoid bad publicity by cleaning up sites before they were put on the Superfund list . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've had bad news , ’ he said , ‘ Edward Morris has been taken into Swansea Prison , he is accused of fraud . ’ |
| 30 | Sources say Unify Corp is trying to offset bad end of year results by cutting jobs in the UK and Germany . |