Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] been a bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I got that because of my tracheotomy — I think I probably should have gotten it before , but I 'd been a bad girl . |
| 2 | He had n't looked after her properly , he 'd been a bad father . |
| 3 | It had been a bad year for Cliff , and it was as easy to blame the Council as anyone . |
| 4 | The weather became very bitter up here and because it had been a bad summer I had kept two of my cattle in the byre by the house all the time . |
| 5 | ‘ When I saw death coming towards me I began to think it had been a bad business for me to kill that guy . ’ |