Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [art] bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that some worksheets are simply banal , and it may be these that have given them a bad name — especially the quiz type that simply ask " How many ? " or " What ? " |
| 3 | Now they would consider me a bad child for ever . |
| 4 | He also played cricket , and had already earned himself a bad reputation by smashing two windows in the village . |
| 5 | Arthur Ibbetson , the English cameraman who worked with him on several occasions , first notes how alarmed he was to discover what a bad skin Richard had and then enthuses without pause about the shape of his face , his professionalism , his patience . |
| 6 | Then , a bit later , I got your landlady who told me the bad news . |
| 7 | Another runner says its the worst run of his life |
| 8 | Please do not ply me with biscuits ; I have no desire to set you a bad example by pigging myself . ’ |
| 9 | The next morning we woke none the worse for our terrible experience . |
| 10 | This must override any scheme rules which would give you a worse deal . |
| 11 | Well they ca n't give you a bad one anyway . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll give you the bad news from your Embassy there . |
| 13 | The latest flights from arctic Russia arrived at Slimbridge today … looking none the worse for their 2,500 mile journey . |
| 14 | A sudden drop in the wind told her the worst was over . |
| 15 | Like many European economies , Austria faces a difficult year ; its close links with the ailing German economy may give it a worse time than most . |
| 16 | Do nothing that may give it a bad name . |
| 17 | He was an affable sort of man who did n't look as though he would do anyone a bad turn . ’ |
| 18 | Even this thing you say you did — even that does not make you a bad man . |
| 19 | And I could have given you a bad one Dr I could have given you a good one . |
| 20 | I owe them the worst : they all but destroyed me " ) , all this made Nizan an obvious candidate for a highly sectarian , aggressive , isolationist communist party . |
| 21 | ‘ Give me the bad first . ’ |
| 22 | Tell me the worst . ’ |
| 23 | Indeed , the type of man who organised local seamen 's societies in the 1870s 1880s and 1890s was often such as to give them a bad name . |
| 24 | Colquhoun tormented Barnsley with his pace and skill and last night admitted : ‘ It hurts when you hear people calling you a bad buy . |
| 25 | ‘ Then go to Rebecque and tell him the bad news . ’ |
| 26 | Job cuts are almost certain to follow and a former Dowty director has called it the worst day of his life . |
| 27 | I do n't happen to think bolting is in the least bit environmentally damaging ( at least not compared with other activities going on around it ) but mechanical drills are bound to give it a bad image — the message her is ‘ bolters , do your stuff in winter or at night . ’ |
| 28 | Though you may not want the negative situation to arise and though you may do your best to avoid it , once you know what the worst possible outcome would be and that you could cope with it , a great deal of the anxiety is removed . |
| 29 | ‘ Ninety-nine percent of vampires are real nice people , ’ he said , ‘ But we want to crack down on phoney vampires who are getting us a bad name . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Tell us the bad news first Sir , ’ they all chorused . |