Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] a bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and so now rich peasants are actually actively seeking to join er associations but finding it difficult , I mean they have to be er pay an additional admission fee may be ten yuan or , or whatever , you know , usually far higher than the normal peasant or erm they have to get someone to actually put their name forward to say that you know they 're not such a bad bloke . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not such a bad day — sort of interesting , ’ she said . |
| 3 | ‘ Not such a bad person underneath . |
| 4 | And we like to tabulate things , and we like to think that who is a bad sinner , who 's not such a bad person , we all need saving , we all need rescuing ! |
| 5 | In fact , Kaptan was not such a bad boy . |
| 6 | The Quad X has six separate effects loops , which at first glance may seem a little over the top , but in reality is not such a bad idea . |
| 7 | However , there are some occasions when sending a photograph to a radio station is not such a bad idea . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's not such a bad idea , Dr Ash . |
| 9 | And so on and so on for another hour and a half , sweating and dazed , until at 4.48 a.m. , extremely painfully , out comes young Tom ( not such a bad name ; commonplace , I know ) , emerging head looking like a terrifically cross blue Brussels sprout , splosh go the fluids , splat goes the placenta and there he is . |
| 10 | Perhaps that 's not such a bad move . |
| 11 | Their minds were obviously not on meteorological work , and as the squadron gradually decreased in numbers with each little batch that left for home , farewell parties were a regular occurrence in the office and I began to think that perhaps Binbrook was not such a bad place after all . |
| 12 | But that 's not such a bad deal for customers because the law does n't allow any pack to be underweight by more than a small amount . |
| 13 | This was not such a bad thing at this stage . |
| 14 | ‘ Placing 30 Australian players on retainer is not such a bad thing ’ , Farr-Jones says candidly . |
| 15 | It 's not such a bad thing is it ? |
| 16 | ‘ He 's not such a bad chap you know ’ I yawned . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , Durkin is not such a bad chap , ’ Carew said and immediately thought , Why do I always jump to Durkin 's defence whenever he 's criticised ? |
| 18 | ( Is it anyway such a bad thing to make music while Atlantis sinks and cities evaporate ? |
| 19 | Everyone talks about Tipper Gore and ‘ Smash the PMRC ’ , but I do n't know if it 's really such a bad thing to put stickers on records for kids . |
| 20 | But , of course , the devil finds work for idle hands , and they began thieving , acquiring all manner of things but particularly musical equipment When they realised it was mostly too hot to sell they thought maybe it was n't such a bad idea to learn how to play the stuff they had thieved . |
| 21 | It was n't such a bad idea , even though Spurs are one of the truly great clubs and Venables one of the brightest bosses . |
| 22 | I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep . |
| 23 | Perhaps working in a place like this was n't such a bad idea after all . |
| 24 | Maybe going to the barn is n't such a bad idea ; we could keep our eyes shut on the way . |
| 25 | Which was n't such a bad idea , she realised , and moved from the door . |
| 26 | ‘ Er — just the one night , I think , ’ she replied , having hoped not to stay even that long but suddenly realising that , since she needed some kind of base where she could go to collect her thoughts , that perhaps to have a room where she could relax and think in private was n't such a bad idea after all . |
| 27 | Maybe Vanessa Vail was n't such a bad fantasy after all : she might die , but at least she was her own woman . |
| 28 | ‘ I more or less had to prise it out of him , but in the end he decided I was n't such a bad risk , after all . ’ |
| 29 | And anyway , Willesden is n't such a bad place to wake up in , even with a hangover . |
| 30 | Maybe Woolwich was n't such a bad place after all . |