Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [prep] [art] bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to think of the worst thing that Quigley had done . |
| 2 | His ghost became known as the Bad Lord , it being a noxious POLTERGEIST who irritates the family 's descendants more as time goes by — roaring in the cellars , splintering furniture and frightening maidservants . |
| 3 | It would take too long and she would n't understand ; besides , she had phoned at a bad moment — Anne was obviously in a hurry to go out . |
| 4 | Although it may not have been related , within a month he had crashed on a bad weather approach , killing himself and his friend . |
| 5 | On the phone , he had sounded in a bad way . |
| 6 | She said : ‘ I then realised there were people just like me , and people who had gone through a worse hell than me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman who Eddie had begun seeing and she said that the marriage had gone through a bad patch and divorce proceedings had been started , ’ Miss Coltman said . |
| 8 | She had thought the quantities of gilt ( never did she credit that it might be real gold ) an evidence of shocking vulgarity , had sneered at the bad taste of the ornate picture frames , at the ridiculous excesses of the pictures themselves , and had felt a solid , suburban scorn for the frayed and patched tapestry chair seats and the faded hangings : she had wondered why , if so rich , they did not throw out their tatty Persian coverings , and buy themselves a good bit of fitted Wilton or Axminster in a good plain colour . |
| 9 | Alone , she sank into a chair and covered her eyes with her fingers , moved to tears by the way her staff had reacted to the bad news . |
| 10 | That morning Margaret had complained of a bad bout of sickness . |