Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is always a big event and probably just what we want after a bad defeat . ’ |
| 2 | The wind takes him away like a curtain snatch on a bad act . |
| 3 | You sound like a bad play ! ’ |
| 4 | IN a week when Mark McNulty has had to pull out of the Jersey European Airways Open with a bad back , Sam Torrance , the holder , has come to La Moye with his hands covered in blisters . |
| 5 | Certainly , for your first few flights , your left hand should be close to the release knob , so that you can release immediately if you get into a bad swing or a wing-tip goes onto the ground . |
| 6 | Instead of planning to have a stable foothold at each step , you recover from a bad step with the next one you take . |
| 7 | By the way , before you get to the bad part , was I right about your name ? ’ |
| 8 | In relation to the sentence stem ‘ A girl and her mother … ’ , girls often produce responses like ‘ often go through a bad patch for a year but once they learn to understand each other , become the best of friends ’ or ‘ can help each other with their problems ’ . |
| 9 | Think of the bad example you are to anyone on the list for surgery . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's because we live on a bad star , is n't it , Tess ? ’ he said through his tears . |
| 11 | All the Pain that Money Can Buy : the Life of Christina Onassis by William Wright ( Gollancz , £5.99 ) — The author 's explanation of why people devour books about the rich is appropriately cynical : ‘ We examine their bounteous lives on the modest condition that they suffer and come to a bad end . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Come to a bad end , ’ said Mrs Yaxlee with relish . |
| 13 | ‘ Have I come at a bad time ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Have I come at a bad moment ? ’ she asked . |
| 15 | He had moved out to escape distraction and improve on the bad lighting , but more than anything he wanted space , so that he could draw from a model occasionally . |