Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] bad news " in BNC.
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1 | Sorry , old boy , you 're bad news , ca n't help . ’ |
2 | They are bad news in a block of flats , and they ca n't be relied on . |
3 | He does n't understand futures , but he knows they 're bad news . |
4 | ‘ It 's bad news about Cram , ’ he said . |
5 | It 's bad news around here sir , and the bridge seems to attract suicides . |
6 | That will spare Italy 's World Cup blushes — but it 's bad news for Scotland , their next opponents , who will now have to face him at Ibrox on November 18 . |
7 | TD lorries shift everything from fish fingers to boxes of tissues and when goods do n't move in the shops it 's bad news for truckers . |
8 | It 's bad news for the Jamaican economy , but the greenery surrounding the capital loves it . |
9 | A I 'm afraid it 's bad news as far as Windows is concerned . |
10 | ‘ What should I do — if it 's bad news ? ’ |
11 | It 's bad news is n't it ? |
12 | It 's bad news , it 's bad news on a time basis . |
13 | It 's bad news , it 's bad news on a time basis . |
14 | It 's bad news . ’ |
15 | It 's bad news love . |
16 | ‘ It 's bad news having accidents . |
17 | I 'm afraid it 's bad news … |
18 | It 's bad news being busy ? |
19 | Trouble is , if there is n't anybody in it 's bad news is n't it ? |
20 | Even though it 's bad news overall that the total number of incidents have increased again , there is good new in that there seems to be this increase in awareness and realization and commitment on the part of The Farming Union , the farmers and the water authorities to take the problem seriously and tackle it . |
21 | Well that 's right , yes , and the other thing as well , I should n't really be telling you this , , because it 's bad news for us but , if you in fact write a long , rambling press release , what you will find is that the journalist will almost , almost certainly go three-quarters of the way down it to find the real story which is hidden in there , and occasionally that real story is purposely hidden down in there , and you know you look at any council minutes , and the real story is always , inevitably hidden down there , because it 's the bit that somebody does n't want people to know about , and so journalists are naturally trained to go down the bit to find out what 's it about . |
22 | We still fall well short of that , I mean er it 's bad news that anyone is addicted to drugs but what is important is that we should actually know who is and so we can help them . |
23 | Only the closed minded can pretend that it 's bad news that more people can afford to travel , that was once the province of the few , is now open to the majority . |
24 | But if it is bad news for borrowers , investors have never had it so good . |
25 | Mr Allan , who likened his wife 's campaign to that of the father of murdered British woman Julie Ward in Kenya , said : ‘ It 's most important we have something positive even though it is bad news . ’ |
26 | It is bad news when youngsters begin to play truant from school . |
27 | But while rightsizing may be good news for end-users , it is bad news for many of the established giants of the IT industry . |
28 | It is bad news for Wales . |
29 | You stay away from that man ; he is bad news . |
30 | He 's bad news . |