Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] a 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 | Please do not ply me with biscuits ; I have no desire to set you a bad example by pigging myself . ’ |
| 5 | Do nothing that may give it a bad name . |
| 6 | Even this thing you say you did — even that does not make you a bad man . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Colquhoun tormented Barnsley with his pace and skill and last night admitted : ‘ It hurts when you hear people calling you a bad buy . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | You could call it a bad year . |
| 13 | ‘ He was giving us a bad time , though , till you came in . |
| 14 | But they were , at that particular time with the Germans , giving us a bad time in the Western Desert . |
| 15 | Even so , it does n't make him a bad man . ’ |
| 16 | He had one bad game for England but that does n't make him a bad player . ’ |
| 17 | He cut in on a man who was starting to chat her up — someone who had once given him a bad review . |
| 18 | Simon Draper thought it a bad idea , but realised that argument was futile . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Ramsey made a speech which disconcerted the managers of the conference , who thought it a bad example of English insularity . |
| 22 | The odd tipple wo n't make it a bad habit ! |
| 23 | Sega did allow rentals , but charged a huge licensing fee , making them a bad deal , he said . |
| 24 | And he gave me a bad ticket , bastard . |
| 25 | They gave me a bad time — they 'd all been in since they were seventeen and they were hard men . |
| 26 | And you call me a bad driver . ’ |
| 27 | It gives me a bad head . |
| 28 | gives me a bad head it do and it upsets me stomach . |
| 29 | Well I would n't , I would n't drink er coffee now , this time of a night cos that gives me a bad head . |
| 30 | They 're always the ones that are a bit more boisterous , whereas the older ones you have to physically carry on in the shop floor , the students do n't , and that 's what gives them a bad name . |