Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] bad [noun sg] " 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 ‘ I 'll give you the bad news from your Embassy there .
7 Do nothing that may give it a bad name .
8 Even this thing you say you did — even that does not make you a bad man .
9 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 .
10 Colquhoun tormented Barnsley with his pace and skill and last night admitted : ‘ It hurts when you hear people calling you a bad buy .
11 ‘ Then go to Rebecque and tell him the bad news . ’
12 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 . ’
13 ‘ 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 . ’
14 Tell us the bad news first Sir , ’ they all chorused .
15 ‘ 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 .
16 You could call it a bad year .
17 ‘ He was giving us a bad time , though , till you came in .
18 But they were , at that particular time with the Germans , giving us a bad time in the Western Desert .
19 Even so , it does n't make him a bad man . ’
20 He had one bad game for England but that does n't make him a bad player . ’
21 He cut in on a man who was starting to chat her up — someone who had once given him a bad review .
22 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 .
23 Simon Draper thought it a bad idea , but realised that argument was futile .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 Ramsey made a speech which disconcerted the managers of the conference , who thought it a bad example of English insularity .
27 The odd tipple wo n't make it a bad habit !
28 Sega did allow rentals , but charged a huge licensing fee , making them a bad deal , he said .
29 And he gave me a bad ticket , bastard .
30 They gave me a bad time — they 'd all been in since they were seventeen and they were hard men .
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