Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not told that socio-economic circumstances meant that he could expect to get bad examination results . |
| 2 | I do n't want to hear bad reports about you . " |
| 3 | They did not refer me , and strangely I did not insist ; as patients do not want to hear bad news . |
| 4 | Y'know as a manager you do n't want to hear problems , you do n't want to hear bad news , you do n't want to hear disaster . |
| 5 | There were many records of such manifestations , from reliable and intelligent observers , who had often described the curious incident before they could possibly have heard bad news from India or Australia , where at that moment a friend 's life was endangered . |
| 6 | Political unrest in Yugoslavia could have spelt bad news for Airtours , which planned to send 7,000 sunseekers there this summer . |
| 7 | … Just when it is desirable that ignorant men , new to politics , should have good issues , and only good issues , put before them , these statesmen will have suggested bad issues . |