Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] bad [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We wait to be given the bad news .
2 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 .
3 ‘ 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 .
4 And somebody 's reported a bad pot hole near your house Harry .
5 Just this once , she would risk being considered a bad loser .
6 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 ?
7 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 .
8 Somebody once said , " I have never met a bad Quaker yet . "
9 He had n't done a bad job of dictating her actions so far but that did n't mean it had to continue .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 THE Duchess of York told millions of TV viewers last night that she , too , had suffered a bad year — and blamed herself for it .
13 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 .
14 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 . ’
15 Punishment alone has never made a bad character into a good one , or even ensured temporary good behaviour .
16 Spartan Missile had made a bad mistake at the eighteenth and Thorne was giving him plenty of time to recover .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 Despite her defiant words , though , she had the feeling that she had made a bad mistake during these last few minutes .
20 Can I just enlarge upon that because , and quote from it , by boycotting employment action the CoUncil 's controlling group seem to have made a bad decision , prompted by a desire to score political points in the debating chamber .
21 Making herself examine this thought , slowly and properly turning it around in her mind , recreating the scene which she could see so vividly of Jasper and Bert with the two I.R.A. , she had to admit that Jasper and Bert had made a bad impression .
22 He announced a significant improvement in city-wide maths scores in 1991 , a decline in the drop-out rate from 20.8% to 17.2% which at least made a bad situation less appalling .
23 You have made a bad bargain in marrying Havvie .
24 In the difficult job of getting through one 's life happily , she had made a bad start .
25 It 's only because we 've had the bad luck to find ourselves in competition with Robert and Ian , otherwise we could have had all their present clients . ’
26 Ever since I was a teenager , I have had the bad habit of pulling and twisting my hair .
27 And the ones who have n't had the bad time might well be suffering because they 're not being allowed the benefits of hormone replacement therapy .
28 we have n't had the bad weather , we have n't had the fogs that
29 You know , it 's er it 's got the bad publicity that it had and it 's still got it , well I do n't think it has to be .
30 Oh is it Pat that 's got the bad back ?
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