Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was glad because — well , not having kids before , he only thought about the nice side of being a dad , he did n't think about the bad side . |
| 2 | And most single people and er most young people in particular , fall outside that definition and that means that they really have no access to council housing of any kind and er they also find it very hard to get into the private rented sector , because of er the fact that 's it 's er , the rents are so high , and , and therefore they are at the mercy of erm basically the well , well loosely what one could describe as the bad landlords , the sharks , who will er exploit their situation . |
| 3 | Eli himself for the most part does not appear in a bad light , but as the one responsible for the proper functioning of the sanctuary , he is implicated in his sons ' guilt , is at one point accused of sharing their greed , and is doomed to share in great disgrace about to befall his family . |
| 4 | I 'm making her look like a bad mother . |
| 5 | Exercise may sound like a bad idea , but in fact it will do good : raising the pulse rate to 120 beats per minute each day for two minutes , and exercising the whole body fully is the recommended regime . |
| 6 | This can develop into a bad habit later , so you should work away at producing a more controlled turn and slow steady flight into wind . |
| 7 | Could you have with a bad character , an actively hostile house ? |
| 8 | She would go into the bad woman 's shop . |
| 9 | I do n't mean in a bad way , just different . |
| 10 | ‘ He 'll … he 'll come to a bad end ; yes , he will . |
| 11 | He might think he 's fallen on his feet but he 'll come to a bad end , you 'll see … ‘ |
| 12 | " A tomboy 's like a whistling woman and a crowing hen , who can only come to a bad end . |
| 13 | You will come to a bad end ! |
| 14 | Certain sectors may suffer in a bad year , for instance , salt sales may plummet if the UK has a mild winter [ as has been the case in 1987/8 ] , but product diversity usually ensures that the business as a whole is more robust and less cyclical than might at first seem apparent . |
| 15 | But she 's getting carried away with this , though her friends are good enough but they 're all getting carried away as you would say with a bad crowd . |
| 16 | Can I Can I anticipate what er we might say in the bad taste bit then , did anybody think one was in in bad taste ? |