Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] a bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cholesterol has had a bad press . |
| 2 | As teenagers tend to get a bad name for being moody , rude and irresponsible — to name but a few choice descriptions often used — I 'd like to tell your readers about my teenage son . |
| 3 | term once used for a person who collected alms for lepers and other beggars ; the term came to have a bad meaning because of the abuse of the system . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | No force had taken a worse drubbing in the first mad onrush of Plan XVII than the Second Army that had then been under his command ; yet , in the moment of defeat , he had made an astonishing turnabout . |
| 6 | The intensely religious former viceroy of India and wartime ambassador to Washington has had a bad write-up . |
| 7 | Apart from the fact that the McCarthy purges of alleged Communists had left a bad scar on the film industry , two other developments were eventually to bear much of the blame for the demise of the glitterama of old Hollywood . |
| 8 | One was the awful unfairness of it all , as it really had n't been her fault that Ethel had cast a bad spell on the broomstick she had lent to Mildred , thus ruining the display . |
| 9 | Strawberry had had a bad time . |
| 10 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to find a worse record in Scotland for waiting lists , he should look at the waiting lists that were left to us by the previous Labour Government . |
| 11 | mind you the trouble is it 's alright in saying that but you see I 've got a bad chest , Philip 's got a bad chest |
| 12 | ‘ Creative ’ writing has acquired a bad name ; it has been contrasted with proper grammatical writing , and has come to be numbered among the suspect activities of the Loony Left , or at least with the ‘ soft ’ brigade . |
| 13 | The sciences continue to have a bad season in Washington . |
| 14 | Cos the area 's got a bad name for drugs anyway . |
| 15 | and then theres 's Jim Smith … the ex Oxford manager still lives in Woodstock … his current team Portsmouth have had a bad start … he 's the man who took United to the old first division … |
| 16 | and then theres 's Jim Smith … the ex Oxford manager still lives in Woodstock … his current team Portsmouth have had a bad start … he 's the man who took United to the old first division … |
| 17 | Unfortunately Banbury has got a bad reputation among boat users in the past and the council is doing little to dispel it . |
| 18 | Finally we were called up , the gun fired and on this day Lee Macrae decided to have a bad start ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The Northern Ireland government had had a bad press for years as have had all weak and well-meaning governments in a classical revolutionary situation whether they were Stuart , Bourbon , Romanov or more modern . |
| 21 | Poor bugger had caught a bad one in an ambush outside Blarney the previous day . |
| 22 | Spartan Missile had made a bad mistake at the eighteenth and Thorne was giving him plenty of time to recover . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But if he has , I do n't think it follows that Fathers and Children has become a bad book in his eyes , but rather , it is now not all that good . |
| 25 | ‘ Their experiences at Darlington had left a bad taste in the mouth . |
| 26 | The children had had a bad spell with that , but she thought it was over now . |
| 27 | Men have got a bad press in recent years and I think it 's important that women should feel safe and secure with the new contacts they make . |
| 28 | Markets have had a bad few weeks , but if the City gets upset about the outcome of the election , or the currency markets react strongly , there could be more pain in store . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | Boards A , B , C , D have all started , although D has got a bad start by not passing close behind the start boat . |