Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [art] bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | For most people it seems that it is necessary to stay long enough to enjoy the bad weather as well as the good , to gain a true appreciation of the countryside . |
| 2 | I shuddered , the very thought of anyone being so foolish baffled me , the steps were so rotten that it would n't have taken any weight to have snapped them and sent anyone plunging down causing a bad injury . |
| 3 | She thought : Gran is n't really ill , she 's only had a bad night . |
| 4 | One crop that seems to have flourished in the late eighteenth-century Weald was hops ; the rapid expansion of the Georgian population produced an urgent demand for more beer , not only to escape the worst features of contemporary living but as a very basic foodstuff for the poor . |
| 5 | Such men owed their positions to the constant manipulation of the party machinery — and so confirmed the worst of Ostrogorski 's fears ; they sat on every local committee , raised money for the local party , decided the selection of candidates and kept their fingers firmly on the local pulse . |
| 6 | He 'd obviously had a bad night had this poor bloke , you know . |
| 7 | The superintendent grimaced as though her nostrils had suddenly detected a bad smell . |
| 8 | So sometimes a horse may only have a bad habit in relation to a certain rider , and in that case it will be the rider who will need the extra training . |
| 9 | As customers we 've all experienced the worst . |
| 10 | She was watching a poor demented man , obviously having a bad day , hacking his way up the fairway towards her . |
| 11 | Besides , he had no sympathy with the Black and Tans ' methods — they were only making a bad situation worse . |
| 12 | If you were unfortunate enough to get a bad cook it took a while before the powers that be realised it , so you had to put up with inedible food for weeks . |
| 13 | Added to which , a serious takeover bid by the Navy at a time when the Services needed to stand together to mitigate the worst excesses of the Sandys Reformation , would have been unforgivable . |
| 14 | Perhaps Christian 's ownership of the farm depended in some way upon the manor , or the Fettiplace family , and Christian had called them together to break the bad news to them . |
| 15 | We only see the worst , and some of those are fairly horrible , I can tell you . |
| 16 | What if you 'd gone on believing the worst of me and into the bargain you 'd ended up having to marry Janice ? |
| 17 | It will do you no good to try and keep away from the hub of activity and hope that by making no impression you will not make a bad impression . |
| 18 | That , remembering , in an area that already has the worst unemployment record in mainland U K. President , the prospect for Tyneside should Swans close , is too bleak to contemplate . |
| 19 | How could something that felt so right make you look like this , as if you had just committed the worst crime in the world ? |
| 20 | In the '60s that was just considered the worst . |
| 21 | Much was therefore made of the horrors of American TV — again , by hearsay , since the BBC did not show the worst American TV programmes and none of the ads . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've not seen a worse sea this year . |
| 23 | ‘ It is likely we have not seen the worst of the conditions , ’ he added . |
| 24 | Further , both Conservative and Labour Governments have sought to restrict increases in MPs ' pay so that Parliament does not give a bad example to the country and encourage more inflation . |
| 25 | You can not become a bad player overnight in terms of technique but undoubtedly you can become so mentally — if you start doubting yourself , for example . |
| 26 | Not ignoring the bad side , but dwelling positively on the good side . |
| 27 | I 've just had a bad time . |
| 28 | Like those of Caracas , the stations of Mexico have generally had a bad press . |
| 29 | Women are most heavily concentrated in the sales and service sectors , accounting for some 60% to 70% of the work-force , generally speaking the worst paid areas of work . |
| 30 | I 'm only just getting the bad taste out of my mouth — I was ashamed of myself , and of us all . ’ |