Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor had earlier witnessed the worst piece of defensive football that Des Walker has produced in 48 appearances . |
| 2 | We wait to be given the bad news . |
| 3 | In Jeremy 's case , given the bad weather and the fact that he was lightly clothed and had left his camping gear at the refuge , such a controller would have been likely to mount a search earlier . |
| 4 | Anyone would think she had committed the worst crime in the world instead of simply having a little too much to drink and — well , behaving just a little foolishly . |
| 5 | How could something that felt so right make you look like this , as if you had just committed the worst crime in the world ? |
| 6 | ‘ Randolph , you must help us quickly ’ he gasped , ‘ Rudolph , you dad has caught a bad cold and will not be able to pull the sleigh tonight . |
| 7 | And somebody 's reported a bad pot hole near your house Harry . |
| 8 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
| 9 | Just this once , she would risk being considered a bad loser . |
| 10 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that farmers are caught in a pincer movement between the National Rivers Authority , which threatens prosecution of farmers who use more fertiliser on their land to increase productivity , and the banks , which are increasing their interest rates on loans to farmers , because they are considered a bad risk ? |
| 11 | British pubs and restaurants should follow it without hesitation and who knows , we might all see a time when smoking is considered a bad habit of the past . |
| 12 | ELDORADO , the BBC 's £10 million soap , was today named the Worst Show on TV and the Biggest Disappointment of 1992 . |
| 13 | Here the great house is not crumbling , as in Palladian , but has suffered the worse humiliation of being perverted into a preparatory school for boys : it is divided by baize doors and encircled by cinder paths . |
| 14 | Liverpool is rated the worst place to ride a bike , but Newcastle is not much better , while Gateshead and Middlesbrough also get the thumbs down . |
| 15 | They would have endured the worst torment he could have devised rather than betray Resenence Jeopardy . |
| 16 | Somebody once said , " I have never met a bad Quaker yet . " |
| 17 | He had n't done a bad job of dictating her actions so far but that did n't mean it had to continue . |
| 18 | Yes , Arnold Thomas had done a bad thing in deserting him just when he needed him most , and he had been a rogue of the worst kind to have stolen money into the bargain ; but if he could only find his son , he would tell him that all was forgiven , and that he wanted him here , in his rightful place , at the helm of his father 's business . |
| 19 | Manager Paul Malone surveyed another packed treatment room after yesterday 's game with Linfield and said : ‘ We 've suffered a bad run of injuries over the last month . |
| 20 | THE Duchess of York told millions of TV viewers last night that she , too , had suffered a bad year — and blamed herself for it . |
| 21 | These elements were inspired by his own experiences during the break-up with Sandra after she had suffered a bad LSD experience in her search for enlightenment . |
| 22 | One critic of the Salon d'Automne wrote : ‘ The prize for idiocy this year is retained by M. Picabia … while M. Kupka has turned to sphericism , ’ while Hourcade felt that Picabia had ‘ pushed a bad theory as far as it can go . ’ |
| 23 | Hewlett , predictably , has ‘ never seen a worse church ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've not seen a worse sea this year . |
| 25 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
| 26 | Punishment alone has never made a bad character into a good one , or even ensured temporary good behaviour . |
| 27 | Spartan Missile had made a bad mistake at the eighteenth and Thorne was giving him plenty of time to recover . |
| 28 | The hotel had much to keep youngsters occupied , but by day three we realised we had made a bad mistake in taking such a young child skiing . |
| 29 | The Catholic Church had made a bad mistake with Galileo when it tried to lay down the law on a question of science , declaring that the sun went round the earth . |
| 30 | Despite her defiant words , though , she had the feeling that she had made a bad mistake during these last few minutes . |