Example sentences of "having a bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Were n't you having a bad dream ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You were having a bad dream . |
| 4 | ‘ Are you having a bad dream ? ’ |
| 5 | But yesterday Geoff Nichol , health authority chief executive , said the ‘ scare stories ’ were having a bad affect on leukaemia patients . |
| 6 | But what should parents do if they believe their children 's friends are having a bad influence on them ? |
| 7 | She said that being a crime reporter was having a bad influence on him , but agreed , for the sake of her own curiosity as much as his , to try Wickham . |
| 8 | I was particularly impressed with Mountain Ash when they beat us — they were having a bad run but they remained motivated , very organised and very competitive . |
| 9 | I mean as usual with financial journalism , er i it 's somewhere in between , I mean endowments are having a bad run at the moment and that 's because they 've paid out such excellent bonuses in the past so if you 've had a maturity in the last four or five years , you 'll have seen how good they are . |
| 10 | The form card shows that both sides are struggling Port Vale are having a bad run . |
| 11 | All the better that the operation rehabilitated the credibility of the police who 'd been having a bad press in the early years of the decade . |
| 12 | A good proportion of our work concerned our availability to act as an unacknowledged arm of the social welfare service to drug users in crisis situations , providing a front-line service for the ‘ speed freaks who 's OD 'd on the results of a bent script ’ , or the ‘ acid heads having a bad trip ’ , for we were in the streets , the pubs , the clubs , the crash pads , and communal houses frequented by the new ‘ alternative society ’ . |
| 13 | Now if you know that somebody is a drug addict and they 've just had an injection you keep away from them , erm if they 're having a bad trip , whatever they call it , because you do n't , they become very violent , they can do a lot of damage , now the only time you will step in and help is when they go unconscious , but at the same time remember protect yourself , we 're talking about needles here and probably shared needles , you must be terribly careful that you do not get pricked by a needle , especially if , they have a habit of sticking needles under lapels , so always be aware of this , if a person is a drug addict , in fact if you can find some easier way of turning them into the recovery position , do so , erm , you can then obviously either call the ambulance . |
| 14 | when you 're talking about taking drugs and it 's been shown that the effects erm the biological dependency is n't that great and it 's no sort of worse than coming off erm , having a bad cold |
| 15 | Not everyone has been having a bad recession , and not everyone believes they must prune radically their investment and marketing budget . |
| 16 | She was watching a poor demented man , obviously having a bad day , hacking his way up the fairway towards her . |
| 17 | You start to think , well of course , had I done so-and-so yesterday , had I done , and I 've missed on so- and-so , so you sort of , review the day for a couple of hours , and then it gets to about four o'clock and now you 're thinking , Oh my God , I 'm at the accountants the next day , I 'll be so tired , I 'll be you know , and it 's too late to do anything about it now , so now you 're having a bad day the next day as well because you 've got yourself all stewed up about that . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's having a bad day , ’ came the wry explanation . |
| 19 | ‘ Quite frankly , we are having a bad year , ’ Mr Murdoch said . |
| 20 | But nice , attractive , desexualised people having a bad time makes for a ‘ white bread ’ product , a cop-out . |
| 21 | ‘ Forest are having a bad time — they 've lost six matches without winning . ’ |
| 22 | Clearly he 'd been having a bad time of it . |
| 23 | Poor Tim Wilson was probably having a bad time . |
| 24 | I thought it would be great down there , but I started having a bad time so I went back to Newcastle . |
| 25 | ‘ I feel almost guilty that so many good things are happening to us , when such a lot of people are having a bad time , ’ Sarah said . |
| 26 | you 're having a bad time , use them . |
| 27 | It 's a funny thing though , because mother 's and daughter 's , and er , I love , when my mum comes up she 's a dreadful sleeper and if you 're having a bad time , you get up in the middle of the night to go and make a cup of tea , there 's always a little voice says , yes , let's have a cup of tea dear . |
| 28 | Well actually it jus , he 's not having a bad time . |
| 29 | ‘ He is one of the best players I have ever worked with and it 's hard to recall him having a bad game . |
| 30 | So do n't lie , if you 're having a bad month , or you 're having a bad week or you have n't had any sales , put it in the computer , because that 's going to be identified , it comes up on here , so that your manager can help you . |