Example sentences of "badly [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it does , it tends to be a reaction to perceived injustice , such as internment without trial , or the conviction of a son by a sole judge in a trial held in total secrecy and on the evidence of unseen witnesses , or a simple case of one 's house being badly mauled by careless soldiers searching for arms . |
| 2 | It has raised its own private army , which is already engaged in a two-front minor war with Sri Lankan government forces and with Tamil Tiger guerrillas , who , though badly mauled , have survived a bloody , two-year battle against vastly superior Indian forces , killing more than 1,150 of them . |
| 3 | The hardest hit Americans included Ed Ruscha , Donald Sultan and Frank Stella though Anthony Grant at Sotheby 's stresses that demand has already bounced back for top works by Julian Schnabel and others badly mauled in 1991 . |
| 4 | In December 1917 Malcolm was given command ( as major-general ) of the 66th division , which was badly mauled in the great German offensive launched by Erich Ludendorff in March 1918 . |
| 5 | The Government were part of the process of blocking the directive until it was so badly mauled that it is now very different from the one that we first saw and debated in the House a month ago . |
| 6 | It hit sectors and people who largely escaped before , the skilled , the clerical workers , the managers and the professionals who 've been badly mauled this time , and where last time around er the service sector was expanding to mop up some of those who 'd lost their jobs in manufacturing , this time the service sector too has been in deep trouble . |
| 7 | A hole was worn into the side of the saddle , the rear carrier was a write-off , and the saddle-bag was badly mauled . |
| 8 | Goshawk Squadron flew all that day , and came back from the patrols badly mauled . |
| 9 | I later learnt that the corpse had been badly mauled in battle , the face disfigured by a crashing axe blow . |
| 10 | The face and right hand had been badly mauled . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , the body was badly mauled in battle . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ One side of the face was badly mauled . |
| 13 | Nicky Henderson 's Wont Be Gone Long ( 2.20 ) has top weight but is not badly treated considering he beat Lockwood Prince by 15 lengths at Chepstow last May and meets him here on the same terms . |
| 14 | Nicky Henderson 's Wont Be Gone Long ( 2.20 ) has top weight but is not badly treated considering he beat Lockwood Prince by 15 lengths at Chepstow last May and meets him here on the same terms . |
| 15 | Investigating mills where they think children are being badly treated . ’ |
| 16 | If the parents feel badly treated , or even worse , humiliated then they will quite likely broadcast their version of events in a way which the school will find difficult to counter . |
| 17 | But there was always much debate about the level at which each ratio should be set , and much bitterness when an industry considered itself badly treated . |
| 18 | If tempers have flared , and especially if you have been badly treated by your employer , the urge to retaliate with every means at your disposal will be enormous . |
| 19 | But a comparison with science departments at other universities — such as the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge — shows that Imperial College has not been too badly treated down the years . |
| 20 | Birds which are sold into the pet trade are notoriously badly treated . |
| 21 | However , I prefer NO COMEBACKS , not badly treated on just a 4lb higher mark than when landing a comfortable victory at Redcar last month . |
| 22 | Jenny Pitman 's Mailcom is also not badly treated but is not certain to stay . |
| 23 | This galloping course will suit his action and he is not badly treated at the weights on his best form . |
| 24 | Badly treated ‘ It was considerably less than I am getting this year . |
| 25 | ‘ To say that I have been badly treated is a gross understatement . |
| 26 | HOW CAN top policewoman Alison Halford get a huge pay-out while the other services are so badly treated . |
| 27 | One respondent in this school of thought commented on the strength of the bond between even inadequate parents and children , saying : ‘ The astounding thing , in my experience as a social worker , is that for the most part kids are crazy about their parents , even when they 're being badly treated . ’ |
| 28 | Were hoping to get a mini bus , I do n't think we ought take a bus because we were very badly treated when we did that , we do n't to allow ourselves open to that again , but I have written to say were hoping to get enough people to take a mini bus . |
| 29 | 1 An animal that is unhealthy or dying or being badly treated will not respond properly so it is a waste of time trying to watch its behaviour . |
| 30 | It was impossible not to feel that she had been badly treated , but the bad treatment came from the intransigent doctors and not from a Prime Minister who , as she must have known , was immensely supportive and would not willingly have been associated with any slight on her . |