Example sentences of "[noun] have had a bad [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Cholesterol has had a bad press .
2 The intensely religious former viceroy of India and wartime ambassador to Washington has had a bad write-up .
3 Strawberry had had a bad time .
4 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 …
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 The Northern Ireland government had had a bad press for years as have had all weak and well-meaning governments in a classical revolutionary situation whether they were Stuart , Bourbon , Romanov or more modern .
7 The children had had a bad spell with that , but she thought it was over now .
8 A servant 's had a bad dream , that 's all , and started screaming .
9 Tony had had a bad start , 2 over after 5 , and Jack had brought it back to 1 again .
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