Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as practical consequences are concerned , we need still to bear in mind how far this falls short of a general protection in rem ; difficulty , as always , would arise in proving the bad faith of the possessor . |
| 2 | At first , the river is seen as a threat to Pip as Magwitch comes from it , but later when Magwitch returns to Pip in London , it is seen as a promising object , drowning the bad Compeyson , and uniting Pip and Magwitch . |
| 3 | She may even do this by denying the bad experiences in her marriage to herself and to others , remembering only the good times , however few they were , and concentrating her thoughts on the positive aspects of her husband 's personality . |
| 4 | But rather than focussing on ending the bad relationship I would try to encourage the child to develop other friendships . ’ |
| 5 | Both activities can be very enjoyable But neither activity will get you very far in your quest for fitness , and to be honest they give walking a bad name . |
| 6 | Australia , said Mr Bob Graham of Westpac , ‘ is gaining a bad reputation overseas as a result of the failures . ’ |
| 7 | Squashing a bad girl is like trying to squash a bluebottle . |
| 8 | An aunt of mine was a regular first-nighter at her local rep for more than 20 years and , apart from abhorring the bad language in some modern plays , rarely left the theatre less than exhilarated by what she had seen . |
| 9 | One of them upstairs is avin' a bad time , and ‘ er only fourteen , too . ’ |
| 10 | Some serious incidents occurred during this period on the Broadwater Farm Estate , such as an attack on police by youths which resulted in one officer sustaining a bad head wound , and there was also a series of attacks on an Asian-owned supermarket . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Not ignoring the bad side , but dwelling positively on the good side . |
| 13 | Lorna Payne acted as Director while Barbara Henry was nursing a bad injury . |
| 14 | Bringing a bad name on two families . |
| 15 | One of the biggest challenges to a chemist concerned with development is minimising the bad effects of development . |
| 16 | I 'm only just getting the bad taste out of my mouth — I was ashamed of myself , and of us all . ’ |
| 17 | Finsbury Park or the Euston Road , but more serious damage could be done if a fatty was seen wearing a bad pair of trainers by the opposing teams ' fashion spotters . |
| 18 | However , as timeshare was getting a bad name , the holiday cottages grew into sixty corporate lodges aimed at attracting Japanese purchasers . |
| 19 | Erm Mao was worried that as , i in the course of the , the latter stages of directive and the there had been abuses of the system by Party members and that had led to the Party getting a bad name with the peasants and the way to rectify that was to publish the Communist Party membership so everybody in the village would know who was a Communist Party member and they would be able to see , Mao believed , that on the whole Party members had behaved properly , they had n't exploited the situation for their own advantage and where they have they would be , there would be a with them to correct . |
| 20 | And the the firm was very annoyed at hearing this name getting banded about because it was getting a bad name . |
| 21 | Pan Am was getting a bad press — rightly so for its slovenly security at Frankfurt , but wrongly so for its attempts to establish the truth of how the bomb got aboard . |
| 22 | I was getting a bad feeling deep down about what I was saying . |
| 23 | She kept getting a bad throat . |
| 24 | ‘ I hope there is far less chance of students getting a bad lecture , ’ says Mackie . |
| 25 | They added 179 in just 50 overs , with Smith scoring 70 of his runs in boundaries , an indication of his ruthlessness in punishing the bad ball . |
| 26 | I find Dr. Proudie and some of the characters such as Mr. Harding and Eleanor Bold rather pathetic and not worthy of sympathy — I do not know whether these are the sentiments Trollope hoped to arouse , but though I obviously dislike Mrs. Proudie as we are supposed to , I find that I can admire her and sympathise with her for having the bad luck to be surrounded by such people . |
| 27 | Makes no difference what for , he 's always doing the bad penny act . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ She was a lovely wee girl and you would never have heard her saying a bad word about anybody . ’ |
| 29 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
| 30 | A classic example of good housekeeping which has made Cambridge a authority in the region and beyond and one that even members of the conservative government have occasionally , through gritted teeth they 're not doing a bad job , damn them and that means that the are going to think to have some of those , if you like , very good housekeeping back to the citizens who have been paying the bills over the years . |