Example sentences of "[verb] [art] bad [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 In Jeremy 's case , given the bad weather and the fact that he was lightly clothed and had left his camping gear at the refuge , such a controller would have been likely to mount a search earlier .
2 For most people it seems that it is necessary to stay long enough to enjoy the bad weather as well as the good , to gain a true appreciation of the countryside .
3 The loss of this basic perspective produces the worst problems and the biggest scandal .
4 Do you want the bad news or the very bad news ?
5 It was now that Sean realised the bad decision that he had made .
6 He points out that under John Akers , IBM has built its desktop computing business to $8,500m in worldwide sales in 1991 , giving it 19% market share ; remained the worldwide leader in information technology revenues , at $62,800m last year up nearly 30% from $48,500m in 1985 when Akers took over ; and avoided the worst crisis that could have befallen it — which would have been to sacrifice investments in research and development for the sake of a fast buck — it spent $6,600m last year .
7 They still try to despatch the bad balls and the safety of quick singles often depends on the inability of the converging fieldsmen to make a direct hit on the stumps .
8 It may be an absolutely true statement , but it does nothing whatsoever to give any guidance as to the ways in which performance may be improved and merely passes a message down the line that those at the top do not want to know the bad news and would like to dissociate themselves from it .
9 It was this inability to up the run rate that coach Jim Love blamed for the defeat , though it has to be said that Storie had done well to repair a bad start when the Scots lost both openers , Bruce Patterson and Iain Philip , on 17 .
10 He caught a bad cold and , thinking that the disease had returned , took his life .
11 ‘ 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 .
12 But then came the bad weather and the frost — they did n't allow for you being knee-deep in snow — they expected you to be where you should be .
13 For example , leaving rates of women employees may show a worse picture than for male employees .
14 Half the girls felt both boys and girls deserved a bad name if they slept around .
15 At times , it seems to those taking part to resemble a bad dream as they are required to be vigilant in spite of distractions elsewhere caused by other unfinished tasks !
16 On the other hand to characterise a bad clause as voidable must mean that it is possible for one party to bring contractual relations to an end and sue for the return of money/goods .
17 ‘ They create the bad image because they have a politically biased view of the area and the people within it ’ .
18 You know , it 's er it 's got the bad publicity that it had and it 's still got it , well I do n't think it has to be .
19 They do n't look a bad colour as though do they ?
20 She 's got a bad cold or 'flu and she 's running a temperature , ’ said Mother in an ‘ I told you so ’ voice .
21 I 've got a bad back but it do n't , it does n't class me as disabled
22 I 've got a bad back as well .
23 But they 're going to be cut out from the two litre bottle range er if they 've got a bad back or these sort of situations .
24 ‘ I think hairdressers have got a bad reputation as so many of them try to dominate the client .
25 At the moment I could n't cos I 've got a bad knee but I have run after people and caught people , yes .
26 He 's got a bad knee and without the union to keep him out of hard physical work he 's stuck really — he 's got no qualifications or anything . ’
27 The professor said : ‘ Judith has had a worse time than David because all of this is not of her making .
28 ‘ Miss Swift , ’ he said slowly , eyes narrowing , ‘ you 're tired , you 've had a bad shock and — ’
29 The Transport Secretary is a very genial Scot who has had a bad press but can take it with a smile .
30 ‘ I 'm sorry , I must have had a bad dream and screamed in my sleep . ’
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