Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [verb] a bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And somebody 's reported a bad pot hole near your house Harry . |
| 2 | Any human being who has eaten a bad oyster , spent a night in agony , and vowed never to touch oysters again , will understand this . |
| 3 | The Transport Secretary is a very genial Scot who has had a bad press but can take it with a smile . |
| 4 | ‘ If the Queen thinks she has had a bad year , look at me — my whole life has been pretty horribilis , ’ said Olive , from Birmingham . |
| 5 | She has had a bad time . |
| 6 | She 's got a bad cold or 'flu and she 's running a temperature , ’ said Mother in an ‘ I told you so ’ voice . |
| 7 | starting it or , she 's got a bad cough . |
| 8 | She 's got a bad throat . |
| 9 | She 's had a bad time and no mistake . ’ |
| 10 | She 's had a bad time , so the buzz has it . |
| 11 | Not everybody has had a bad war . |
| 12 | Well no , he has got a bad throat an you know , he had a little lump in his throat , I think they thought it was cancer or something or a little growth , but you often get that in the throat . |
| 13 | No but I mean he has had a bad start |
| 14 | On May 26th a full-blown review of the matter was announced , but it has left a bad smell of abuse of power . |
| 15 | It 's got a bad reputation , we associate it with old age , the truth is , man loses his hair because he 's got too much male testosterone and he loses it because he 's got a sex drive like a rampant rhino . |
| 16 | It 's got a bad stigma to it and that 's what 's the main problem with it , y'know , this junkie in a dirty squat with a needle hanging out of his arm and OD'ing and dealing on his doorstep and everything and looking like the pictures you see of people falling to bits , but for me personally it 's not like that , y'know , I do try to conduct a normal law-abiding life . |
| 17 | When he 's had a bad day he looks really sad . |
| 18 | He 's had a bad time lately as Madame Verveine has had to go into the nursing-home again . |
| 19 | Er no , he 's got a bad shoulder . |
| 20 | He was trying to climb up a brick wall , but he 's got a bad leg . |
| 21 | he 's got a bad temper . |
| 22 | So she reckons he 's got a bad tooth . |
| 23 | er Irene was er , erm bath on a Tuesday and Ron usually goes , Ron does n't stay in very long , Irene just goes for about half an hour so she said Ron is n't coming to the bath today , he 's got a bad throat , and I never thought to say , how is his throat this |
| 24 | He 's got a bad knee and without the union to keep him out of hard physical work he 's stuck really — he 's got no qualifications or anything . ’ |
| 25 | He 's got a bad hand Sir ! " |