Example sentences of "[be] [verb] so badly " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder women are treated so badly in the world when even an organisation such as Amnesty judges them in terms of their lives only meaning something if they can ‘ belong ’ to a man . |
| 2 | ‘ I am most upset that you have been treated so badly by my countrymen , ’ Gennaro said in a quiet steady voice . |
| 3 | While pursuing a complaint through the grievance procedure is sometimes worthwhile , you do not forfeit your right to claim constructive dismissal if you have been treated so badly that you decide that raising the matter through the company 's internal procedures will not help you to achieve a fair deal . |
| 4 | I 've never been treated so badly in my life . |
| 5 | A Tory friend of mine who has been trying to write nice things about the Conservative campaign has been tearing his hair out in desperation , not just because they are doing so badly — but because they deserve to . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , if he 's so decent , ’ said Amiss , as he donned the pyjamas he had specially bought for the purposes of room-sharing , ‘ why does he allow us to be fed so badly ? ’ |
| 7 | As curtain goes up , my hands are shaking so badly I 'm in grave danger of flight . |
| 8 | Inn many cases this is what they get , However this is not consolation to the user who , having been misinformed by an out of date roadside timetable , spends , say , fifteen minutes at a windswept bus stop , in pouring rain , awaiting a bus that is less than clean , being driven so badly that the ride is uncomfortable by a brusque and unhelpful driver . ’ |
| 9 | Rose 's hands were shaking so badly that some of the contents of the glass spilled on her dress . |
| 10 | His face had been battered so badly , his father did n't know it was his own son until he squeezed his hand and muttered ’ Dad . ’ |
| 11 | Is it because the right hand side is going so badly ? |
| 12 | We play football and I score a goal , mainly because everyone except Stewpid is playing so badly that it 's difficult to miss … . |
| 13 | And now the roof 's leaking so badly they 've had to close the gym completely . ’ |
| 14 | In captivity , a good memory and fear will destroy the horse if it is handled so badly that it becomes permanently anxious . |
| 15 | Claudia did n't know Garry , or even his surname ; Dana had always had men in her life , but she had n't seemed serious about any of them , and so far Claudia had hoped in vain that she would find someone to love and to provide the anchor she 'd been missing so badly since their mother had died . |
| 16 | That was why she was reacting so badly to the news that he had left Taipei . |
| 17 | A woman died and a passenger was injured so badly he will be paraplegic for the rest of his life . |
| 18 | Perdita was trembling so badly that she could hardly zip up her boots . |
| 19 | But I was trembling so badly that it shook the knife out of my skin , and I could move again . |
| 20 | Dustin was doing so badly that Nichols decided to allow the actor time to learn his lines and then redo the test . |
| 21 | It was there that he was hurt so badly , rupturing knee ligaments in Spurs ' FA Cup final win over Nottingham Forest in May last year . |
| 22 | ‘ Roman was hurt so badly when Gabriella died . |
| 23 | I assume that was why I was running so badly in the track season . |
| 24 | My hand was shaking so badly I was afraid I 'd drop the knife . |
| 25 | But he was shaking so badly that he had to sit down and have a rest . |
| 26 | Despite the fact that she wanted to weep , and she was shaking so badly inside that it was a wonder she could still stand up straight at all , she snorted derisively , because she was too afraid to believe his words . |
| 27 | ‘ I was playing so badly , it was ridiculous . |
| 28 | Another of Mr. Talbot 's activities was the loaning of money at a fair old rate of interest but he did not believe in spending a penny to smarten his premises from which the paint was peeling so badly that bare wood was revealed . |
| 29 | Even the teachers hated me ; one — a Miss McKeller — found some reason to lay the strap across my hands every day , and within a month I was stammering so badly no one could understand a word I said . |