Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] [art] bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHAT a ridiculous idea for parents to be fined or punished for the bad behaviour of their children . |
| 2 | Indeed ‘ being without anyone ’ is a misery far worse for a writer than bad reviews , or a nagging little illness , or a minor bereavement , or living under a bad government — Dorothy Osborne fared very well under the Commonwealth . |
| 3 | There 's no maintenance , no rates , no insurances , they 're in , they 're in a sort of bad s or getting into a bad state , so I do feel that we should try and put some priorities behind this erm , particular business link in Craven Arms . |
| 4 | The same applies at every level of involuntary or semi-voluntary behaviour , in falling asleep or waking , health or sickness , interest or boredom , welcoming a scent or recoiling from a bad smell , snapping up a useful fact or closing the mind against an awkward one , or in any kind of creative or contemplative ecstasy . |
| 5 | Thumb Sucking — If this is done frequently and perniciously it must be taken in hand and treated as a bad habit . |
| 6 | Missouri-born King made songs like Laundromat Blues and Born Under A Bad Sign into blues standards . |
| 7 | For Joshua , at sixty-two , and suffering from a bad leg , distances had begun to take on an extraordinary significance . |
| 8 | The next morning I was a day older , no wiser and put in a bad mood right from the off because I was dragged from the Land of Nod kicking and screaming ( well , grunting and stumbling actually ) by the Celtic Twilight hammering on my door . |
| 9 | All the Pain that Money Can Buy : the Life of Christina Onassis by William Wright ( Gollancz , £5.99 ) — The author 's explanation of why people devour books about the rich is appropriately cynical : ‘ We examine their bounteous lives on the modest condition that they suffer and come to a bad end . ’ |
| 10 | He had moved out to escape distraction and improve on the bad lighting , but more than anything he wanted space , so that he could draw from a model occasionally . |
| 11 | I 've heard also of courses of injections which remove it in the short term but result in a worse incidence of cellulite after the treatment has worn off . |