Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] a bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | once you get a bad habit and it slows your writing down as well |
| 2 | We 'd discussed taking a 1-iron , but he insisted on a 3-wood and , although he got a bad bounce , put it in the sand and took a bogey . |
| 3 | If I meet a bad guy I usually have to shake hands with him and do a deal . ’ |
| 4 | If I have a bad game , I have a bad game , simple as that . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ In the old days , ’ said Hussa , ‘ if you had a bad thing like the smallpox , or something others could catch , you were put far away from people in a small hut where things were brought to you and left for you . |
| 6 | what d' ya take if you 've a bad head ? , huh |
| 7 | Maybe if you get a bad deal in this world , it is because of something you did , or were , in a previous life . |
| 8 | Plus the fact that it 's a challenge — if you shoot a bad composition in colour , more often than not you can get away with it . |
| 9 | ‘ But if you made a bad decision , or gave the wrong judgement against someone in a dispute , then some of your people might suffer . ’ |
| 10 | In a small employment agency there may only be one interviewer and you will put yourself at a disadvantage if you make a bad start . |
| 11 | If you have a bad case of spots , do see your doctor . |
| 12 | If you have a bad game he 'll leave you in no doubt about what he thinks , but he very rarely loses his temper . |
| 13 | He wo n't have a go if you have a bad game , but he expects everyone to give their all . |
| 14 | ‘ If you have a bad result like we had against Norway then of course you need something like this tour . |
| 15 | If you meet a bad guy , you lock him up . |
| 16 | We may feel that we are being neurotic if we have a bad self-image , vain if we have a good one , or trivial to care at all . |
| 17 | If it gets a bad reputation , people wo n't come and they will suffer . |
| 18 | And if he played a bad shot , he let the spectators know about it . |
| 19 | He grimaced as if he had a bad taste in his mouth . |
| 20 | He gets terribly bad tempered if he plays a bad shot . |
| 21 | If he makes a bad shot he says it 's because he 's blind but Gary says it 's because his technique is wrong . |
| 22 | Harriet , who had hardly had a day 's illness in her life — unless she counted a bad attack of shingles some years previously — had at first been inclined to ignore her husband 's remarks . |
| 23 | ‘ I played football in my younger days till I had a bad injury in my knee which I 'm now suffering from — chronic arthritis . |
| 24 | ‘ I only took her to the doctor because she had a bad nose bleed at playgroup , and I thought she looked a little pale . |
| 25 | It was a good picture before it became a bad picture . |
| 26 | When you have a bad spell , the natural temptation is probably to become tied up in excuses . |
| 27 | His mother died , then his wife , out with the local hunt , when she took a bad fall . |
| 28 | Dr Chris Wells , director of one of Europe 's largest pain clinics at Liverpool 's Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery , says many people lie down in the dark and withdraw from circulation when they have a bad headache . |
| 29 | Modern cities , though they get a bad press ( usually from the cities themselves ) , also have their attractions . |
| 30 | ‘ When he puts a bad cross in , he 'll go down the line again a few minutes later and try once more . |