Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] a bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | As teenagers tend to get a bad name for being moody , rude and irresponsible — to name but a few choice descriptions often used — I 'd like to tell your readers about my teenage son . |
| 2 | Apart from the fact that the McCarthy purges of alleged Communists had left a bad scar on the film industry , two other developments were eventually to bear much of the blame for the demise of the glitterama of old Hollywood . |
| 3 | The sciences continue to have a bad season in Washington . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the Cumberbatch survey showed that while 24% of over 1,000 respondents thought televising a bad idea in early November 1989 , those thinking this had fallen to 15% by March 1990 , and a rising number of people agreed that it was a good idea because ‘ the public have a right to know what goes on ’ — 87% in the first survey and 95% in the later one . |
| 5 | But if he has , I do n't think it follows that Fathers and Children has become a bad book in his eyes , but rather , it is now not all that good . |
| 6 | The children had had a bad spell with that , but she thought it was over now . |
| 7 | Men have got a bad press in recent years and I think it 's important that women should feel safe and secure with the new contacts they make . |
| 8 | Markets have had a bad few weeks , but if the City gets upset about the outcome of the election , or the currency markets react strongly , there could be more pain in store . |
| 9 | ‘ I think hairdressers have got a bad reputation as so many of them try to dominate the client . |