Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [art] bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman Alan Potts explained : ‘ The Club went through a bad period in the eighties but happily we resolved the problems . ’ |
| 2 | Mum and Davey had gone to the morning service ; I stayed at home recovering from a bad cold . |
| 3 | THE YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB YEARBOOK 1992 — McDermott 's withdrawal came at a bad time : an anticipatory profile of the Queensland firebreather leads the 92nd edition , followed by a réumé of others born outside the county line . |
| 4 | A neglected cold turned to a bad fever and I was forced to stay behind in Newcastle , in hospital . |
| 5 | As we have already seen , the US dollar went through a bad patch in 1986 , in company with the oil market . |
| 6 | Sun sets on a bad week for the BBC |
| 7 | Then that might had to the worst side of the American trustee system developing . |
| 8 | Alan Bates stars as a middle-aged illustrator going through the worst mid-life crisis I have ever witnessed . |
| 9 | Every team goes through a bad patch . |
| 10 | The wind takes him away like a curtain snatch on a bad act . |
| 11 | Lack of confidence translates into a bad shot . |
| 12 | He had learned to bear their ridicule without so much as a tear , but the names Sweetheart called him when she was really angry could make his body hurt like a bad pain on the inside . |
| 13 | This will ensure that we help the Group come through the worse recession in our industry for many years , and that we are in place and able to contribute to the future upturn in the market . |
| 14 | The mist seemed like a bad omen and Sara 's heart sank a little . |
| 15 | The morning papers gave no hint of anything amiss and , in broad daylight , the events and the disturbing stories of the night seemed like a bad dream . |
| 16 | The Aussie trio is led by newly-signed Steve Regeling who has moved from Exeter with Dave Cheshire , who spent most of last season recovering from a bad wrist injury , and Mark Lemon whose plans to move into the first division have been put on ice . |
| 17 | In New York the Dow Jones index of stockmarket prices fell 508 points to 1,738.41 on Friday 16 October 1987 , a decline of 22.6% — almost double the 13% per cent drop seen on the worst day of the 1929 stockmarket crash . |
| 18 | We set out the same night for Bug Bug , but failed to make our objective owing to the bad nature of the ground for the vehicles . |
| 19 | She is a classic product of the company , able to see a platinum lining in the worst cyclone . |
| 20 | The situation unfolded like a bad dream with vague premonitions of the events to come . |
| 21 | The degree of risk created by the bad driving should be regarded as the crucial factor ; it is not so much a question of whether the sentence should be more severe when the risk eventuates , as whether the sentence should be more lenient when the risk does not materialize . |
| 22 | The first warm weather always had this same effect on him , ; d feeling of elation followed by a bad bout of homesickness . |
| 23 | Having come from a country afflicted by the worst drought in recent memory it should have come as no surprise that the Namibians were able to handle the Sicilian heat . |
| 24 | Moreover the tendency during the present century has been to create broadly defined criminal offences ( such as theft ) , with a sufficiently generous maximum to cater for the worst contingency . |