Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place has given off a bad odour for years and I have always avoided it like the plague . |
| 2 | Every team goes through a bad patch . |
| 3 | This last point is sometimes regarded as a bad fault in basic training , but it is almost inevitable in a long-ranging competition reverse punch . |
| 4 | Traditionally , therefore , building societies have been extremely reluctant to grant women mortgages on their own , since they are generally regarded as a bad risk on the grounds of their present or future income . |
| 5 | Thumb Sucking — If this is done frequently and perniciously it must be taken in hand and treated as a bad habit . |
| 6 | A BALLET lover yesterday lost her £200 damages claim over what she rated as a bad performance by superstar Rudolph Nureyev . |
| 7 | I fall asleep more grudgingly , thrashing at the waves , either reluctant to let a good day depart or still bitching about a bad one . |
| 8 | It is always a big event and probably just what we want after a bad defeat . ’ |
| 9 | The wind takes him away like a curtain snatch on a bad act . |
| 10 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 11 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 12 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 13 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 14 | She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead . |
| 15 | It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence . |
| 16 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 17 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 18 | ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ God witness , ’ said Llewelyn , drumming his long fingers on the arms of his chair in a hard-driven rhythm that was always a key to the stresses of his mind , ‘ it could not have come at a worse time . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's rather busy — you 've come at a bad time , I 'm afraid , Miss Holbrook . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's probably come at a bad time , ’ said Pool 's longest serving player . |
| 22 | His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time . |
| 23 | I ca n't think of a worse crime . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll show ya round with great pleasure , ’ said the affable manager , ‘ but I ca n't think of a worse theatre than this for your show . ’ |
| 25 | GET MARRIED I CA N'T THINK OF A WORSE TORTURE S. |
| 26 | After that has been discovered the temperance reformer may decide that the corkscrew was made for a bad purpose , and the communist may think the same about the cathedral . |
| 27 | On another level policies are not irrational and their disjointed character is not seen as a bad thing by the apologists of incrementalism . |
| 28 | The morning papers gave no hint of anything amiss and , in broad daylight , the events and the disturbing stories of the night seemed like a bad dream . |
| 29 | Yesterday seemed like a bad dream , but when he went downstairs , he saw the covered picture . |
| 30 | The mist seemed like a bad omen and Sara 's heart sank a little . |