Example sentences of "[pron] have [been] a bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their most important check is on whether someone has been a bad payer in the past . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | * So I 've been a bad boy at times but they reckon I ca n't walk out on a job if I 'm in the Jungle and Matt 's temperamental which means he does n't normally work unless they give him a hamper full of white powder but he seems to have kicked it and there are n't too many dealers swinging through the trees like Tarzan out here . |
| 4 | ‘ I have been a bad person , ’ he said . |
| 5 | See if you 've been a bad boy . |
| 6 | You 've been a bad influence . |
| 7 | There 's been a bad accident and he 's helping with the injured . |
| 8 | It has been a bad autumn for birds of prey and five kestrels have been brought into the sanctuary in an emaciated condition . |
| 9 | IT HAS been a bad week for the BBC . |
| 10 | Moving across the Adriatic , you comment that ‘ it has been a bad week for Bosnia 's Muslims and a shaming one for the outside world . ’ |
| 11 | He had n't looked after her properly , he 'd been a bad father . |
| 12 | It had been a bad year for Cliff , and it was as easy to blame the Council as anyone . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ When I saw death coming towards me I began to think it had been a bad business for me to kill that guy . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's been a bad night for you , has n't it ? |
| 16 | The child who comes home saying , ‘ I hate school ’ , learns that it is not everything about school that she dislikes when her mother says ‘ It 's been a bad day today , has n't it ? |
| 17 | It 's been a bad day for industry in the region . |
| 18 | You know so I mean so I 've never had a , it 's been a bad experience for me , not a good one . |
| 19 | it 's been a bad year . |
| 20 | IT 'S been a bad week for a bunch of well-connected folk who probably thought they were immune to the worst ravages of the recession . |
| 21 | When it 's been a bad time and we sulk and grunt and ignore each other , I close my eyes and remember it all . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He 's been a bad gorilla . ’ |