Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only one , ’ said Ken , ‘ and that was n't because I forgot it : it was because they 'd given me bad directions . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm afraid we may be bringing you bad news . ’ |
| 3 | A brief structural guide is all I 'm after … and then my tutor wo n't kill me and give me bad references for being a lazy git ( which I admittedly am ) ( This was supposed to be in last july ! ! ! ) |
| 4 | Give you bad breath , make your clothes smell awful ! |
| 5 | And it does n't matter whether we give him bad vibes . |
| 6 | Cassowary taught him bad habits , but Cassowary did n't care — not he ! |
| 7 | When passing on to them family news , which they are usually anxious to hear , remember that the time for leaning on them with your more serious troubles is now past ; so unless there is some inescapable reason for giving them bad news , try to protect them from it , for they will probably be worrying about it in isolation until your next visit . |
| 8 | And his two escorts had shrugged and sympathised , and called it bad luck . |
| 9 | It almost broke her heart when she saw that darting look of imitation cross his face as she brought him bad news . |
| 10 | It was similarly used in long-ago England to describe night-riding demons , usually female , who preyed upon men and gave them bad dreams . |
| 11 | A report by the National Council of Public Morals on The Cinema ( 1917 ) had also scrutinised the problem , entertaining a wide variety of evidence — on such matters as the educational potential of the cinema , censorship and licensing , the molestation of children in picture palaces , and a clouded discussion of what was somewhat eerily called ‘ the moral dangers of darkness ’ — as well as some monosyllabic evidence from children themselves on whether the moving pictures gave them bad dreams . |
| 12 | In our view , the advertising award of the decade should go to the brain who thought up the series of anti-smoking television adverts which did not even mention lung cancer , but drew attention to the fact that smoking gives you bad breath . |
| 13 | But I said it 's always the way when you think it 's a good examiner she or she , she gives you bad results and when it 's a bad , think oh an awful examiner I mean look at that one where you got that really tough examiner and you and Jenny was the only two that got honours . |
| 14 | A bad firm can only teach you bad practices . |
| 15 | I see him bad spirit . |
| 16 | Fatigue makes us bad shoppers , you need stamina for a place like this . |