Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] a bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bonar Law has usually received a bad press from historians , who have portrayed him as a hard , dour , humourless fanatic . |
| 2 | He has really got a bad cold . |
| 3 | The market for recycled material has recently hit a bad patch with falling prices . |
| 4 | Now I know Utopianism has recently had a bad press . |
| 5 | Punishment alone has never made a bad character into a good one , or even ensured temporary good behaviour . |
| 6 | She thought : Gran is n't really ill , she 's only had a bad night . |
| 7 | Share salesmen , even after A-Day , have upraised their status in the eyes of clients by quotation of imaginary praise from other clients , e.g. " One of my clients is kind enough to say he 's never had a bad tip from me . " |