Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [art] bad " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Evander just had a bad night . |
3 | It may be said that , although he survived it , the siege nevertheless had a bad effect on the Collector . |
4 | However , as the torchlight danced ahead she gradually lost the worst of the fears that had at first threatened to turn her into a quivering jelly . |
5 | Though Danzig was by this time 90 per cent Protestant and almost entirely German in character and culture , the city still feared the worst from Prussian rule . |
6 | However hard I had tried to please Mrs Reed in the past , she always thought the worst of me . |
7 | Or would you be one of those people who only ever saw the worst of everything , because they are around are n't they ? |
8 | Sandra , who once saw a bad LSD experience , became fixed to what he called a firm mystical path , seeking enlightenment even before it was fashionable . |
9 | In fact he still had the worst — a mare called ‘ Bint Pomona . ’ |
10 | And I really feared the worst . |
11 | And those banks that lent more often had the worst of reasons for doing so : namely , the need to keep afloat borrowers whom their creditors could not afford to see sink . |
12 | On his return , he immediately communicated the bad news to his boss , Clancy McGillicuddy , and to Nate Cocello , by handing them a copy of the statement put out by the Plant Manager . |
13 | I even enjoyed the bad times in retrospect . |
14 | Grave-robbing in Egypt was a traditional pursuit and she immediately feared the worst . |
15 | I then got a bad infection in my left eye which my doctor suggested was due to the contact lens . |
16 | But then came the bad weather and the frost — they did n't allow for you being knee-deep in snow — they expected you to be where you should be . |
17 | The irregularity of his semi-bigamous relationship with Ælfgifu of Northampton ( see Chapter 4 ) and levy of £82,500 in 1018 did not fulfil the Christian king 's duty to tax his people lightly and set them a good example , and in the early years of the reign many churchmen doubtless feared the worst . |
18 | As a mark of gratitude I sent her a food parcel which , she was good enough to say , miraculously filled the worst gaps in her store-cupboard . |
19 | He never hit a bad shot off the tee ; it just did n't come back as far as he thought it would . |
20 | Although Truman speedily allayed the worst of his visitor 's fears , this simply cleared the way for other issues . |
21 | ‘ At least , ’ Ruth sobbed , held against Mrs Taylor 's plump form , ‘ at least he never knew the worst about me ! ’ |
22 | ‘ He was a very warm hearted and generous man who was never spiteful and never had a bad word to say about anybody . ’ |