Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] bad [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There is no doubt that some worksheets are simply banal , and it may be these that have given them a bad name — especially the quiz type that simply ask " How many ? " or " What ? " |
2 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
3 | Now they would consider me a bad child for ever . |
4 | Then , a bit later , I got your landlady who told me the bad news . |
5 | Please do not ply me with biscuits ; I have no desire to set you a bad example by pigging myself . ’ |
6 | This must override any scheme rules which would give you a worse deal . |
7 | ‘ I 'll give you the bad news from your Embassy there . |
8 | Like many European economies , Austria faces a difficult year ; its close links with the ailing German economy may give it a worse time than most . |
9 | Do nothing that may give it a bad name . |
10 | Even this thing you say you did — even that does not make you a bad man . |
11 | Indeed , the type of man who organised local seamen 's societies in the 1870s 1880s and 1890s was often such as to give them a bad name . |
12 | Colquhoun tormented Barnsley with his pace and skill and last night admitted : ‘ It hurts when you hear people calling you a bad buy . |
13 | ‘ Then go to Rebecque and tell him the bad news . ’ |
14 | Job cuts are almost certain to follow and a former Dowty director has called it the worst day of his life . |
15 | I do n't happen to think bolting is in the least bit environmentally damaging ( at least not compared with other activities going on around it ) but mechanical drills are bound to give it a bad image — the message her is ‘ bolters , do your stuff in winter or at night . ’ |
16 | ‘ Ninety-nine percent of vampires are real nice people , ’ he said , ‘ But we want to crack down on phoney vampires who are getting us a bad name . ’ |
17 | ‘ Tell us the bad news first Sir , ’ they all chorused . |
18 | Britain can not get the best performance from our employees by giving them the worst treatment . |
19 | ‘ Oh , Bully , ’ cried Angela happily , holding the alsatian 's great head between her hands and putting her face close to his , ‘ I 'll never call you a bad dog again . |
20 | You could call it a bad year . |
21 | ‘ He was giving us a bad time , though , till you came in . |
22 | But they were , at that particular time with the Germans , giving us a bad time in the Western Desert . |
23 | Even so , it does n't make him a bad man . ’ |
24 | He had one bad game for England but that does n't make him a bad player . ’ |
25 | He cut in on a man who was starting to chat her up — someone who had once given him a bad review . |
26 | In fact , many felt its power had become too great and thought it no bad thing when it was forced to close , I believe in 1932 or 1933 . |
27 | Simon Draper thought it a bad idea , but realised that argument was futile . |
28 | The church historian Norman Sykes thought it a bad choice for the see , too party a man for a see which needed breadth of mind . |
29 | Particularly unimpressed was Nell McCafferty who thought it a bad choice as an opening movie which she assumed had been selected as a ‘ keynote ’ film for the festival . |
30 | Ramsey made a speech which disconcerted the managers of the conference , who thought it a bad example of English insularity . |