Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] a bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 2 | The old bill that bounced back like a bad penny . |
| 3 | ‘ I came in with a bad knee and it just started getting worse , ’ the 13th-seeded Lendl said . |
| 4 | It nearly always came over in a bad light , as a bunch of cocooned scientists trying to hoodwink the common sense of ordinary folk . |
| 5 | Greg Chappell came out of a bad patch when he realised he was playing innings in his head before they happened . |
| 6 | Shops there got off to a bad start in the weeks after currency union , many demanding cut-throat prices . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ We got off to a bad start to the season , and we 've had to work our way back gradually . |
| 8 | She got off to a bad start on the streets as the child of Bruno Bonney , convicted pimp , pusher , armed robber and bilko artist . |
| 9 | Things got off to a bad start anyway when my Reliant Robin was crushed by Pahdra Singh 's Bentley as we jostled for a parking place . |
| 10 | Despite these preparations , the concert got off to a bad start . |
| 11 | ‘ Look , we got off to a bad start . |
| 12 | Northamptonshire got off to a bad start against Derbyshire in the semi-finals of the Benson and Hedges cup . |
| 13 | Darlington was only the second date on the tour and got off to a bad start with a trip from Manchester through freezing fog arriving late and cold . |
| 14 | The day started off on a bad note for Jess James from Charlton depot , his car broke down just 15 minutes from The Belfry . |
| 15 | Five players were booked , and Newry had David Coleman sent off for a bad challenge on Peebles . |