Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] bad [noun sg] " 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 | But rather than focussing on ending the bad relationship I would try to encourage the child to develop other friendships . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Australia , said Mr Bob Graham of Westpac , ‘ is gaining a bad reputation overseas as a result of the failures . ’ |
| 5 | Squashing a bad girl is like trying to squash a bluebottle . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | One of them upstairs is avin' a bad time , and ‘ er only fourteen , too . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Not ignoring the bad side , but dwelling positively on the good side . |
| 11 | Lorna Payne acted as Director while Barbara Henry was nursing a bad injury . |
| 12 | Bringing a bad name on two families . |
| 13 | I 'm only just getting the bad taste out of my mouth — I was ashamed of myself , and of us all . ’ |
| 14 | However , as timeshare was getting a bad name , the holiday cottages grew into sixty corporate lodges aimed at attracting Japanese purchasers . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And the the firm was very annoyed at hearing this name getting banded about because it was getting a bad name . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I was getting a bad feeling deep down about what I was saying . |
| 19 | She kept getting a bad throat . |
| 20 | ‘ I hope there is far less chance of students getting a bad lecture , ’ says Mackie . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Makes no difference what for , he 's always doing the bad penny act . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ She was a lovely wee girl and you would never have heard her saying a bad word about anybody . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | On the other hand , the Cumberbatch survey showed that while 24% of over 1,000 respondents thought televising a bad idea in early November 1989 , those thinking this had fallen to 15% by March 1990 , and a rising number of people agreed that it was a good idea because ‘ the public have a right to know what goes on ’ — 87% in the first survey and 95% in the later one . |
| 28 | Chris Patten has now joined me as a party chairman held responsible for winning an election by running a bad campaign ! |
| 29 | ‘ Were n't you having a bad dream ? ’ |
| 30 | He said nothing for a minute or two and told the person next to him that he was having a bad dream when the stranger woke him up . |