Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] a bad " in BNC.

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1 Making herself examine this thought , slowly and properly turning it around in her mind , recreating the scene which she could see so vividly of Jasper and Bert with the two I.R.A. , she had to admit that Jasper and Bert had made a bad impression .
2 The intensely religious former viceroy of India and wartime ambassador to Washington has had a bad write-up .
3 One was the awful unfairness of it all , as it really had n't been her fault that Ethel had cast a bad spell on the broomstick she had lent to Mildred , thus ruining the display .
4 mind you the trouble is it 's alright in saying that but you see I 've got a bad chest , Philip 's got a bad chest
5 and then theres 's Jim Smith … the ex Oxford manager still lives in Woodstock … his current team Portsmouth have had a bad start … he 's the man who took United to the old first division …
6 and then theres 's Jim Smith … the ex Oxford manager still lives in Woodstock … his current team Portsmouth have had a bad start … he 's the man who took United to the old first division …
7 Unfortunately Banbury has got a bad reputation among boat users in the past and the council is doing little to dispel it .
8 Finally we were called up , the gun fired and on this day Lee Macrae decided to have a bad start !
9 ‘ Their experiences at Darlington had left a bad taste in the mouth .
10 DON BAKER 'S got a bad case of the blues .
11 The professor said : ‘ Judith has had a worse time than David because all of this is not of her making .
12 Yes , Arnold Thomas had done a bad thing in deserting him just when he needed him most , and he had been a rogue of the worst kind to have stolen money into the bargain ; but if he could only find his son , he would tell him that all was forgiven , and that he wanted him here , in his rightful place , at the helm of his father 's business .
13 Tony had had a bad start , 2 over after 5 , and Jack had brought it back to 1 again .
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