Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [art] bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lorna Payne acted as Director while Barbara Henry was nursing a bad injury . |
| 2 | However , as timeshare was getting a bad name , the holiday cottages grew into sixty corporate lodges aimed at attracting Japanese purchasers . |
| 3 | And the the firm was very annoyed at hearing this name getting banded about because it was getting a bad name . |
| 4 | Pan Am was getting a bad press — rightly so for its slovenly security at Frankfurt , but wrongly so for its attempts to establish the truth of how the bomb got aboard . |
| 5 | I was getting a bad feeling deep down about what I was saying . |
| 6 | She said that being a crime reporter was having a bad influence on him , but agreed , for the sake of her own curiosity as much as his , to try Wickham . |
| 7 | He said nothing for a minute or two and told the person next to him that he was having a bad dream when the stranger woke him up . |
| 8 | ‘ I was having a bad week then , ’ Sloothaak said . |
| 9 | In later years Chapman came to realize that the extension of the league system was having a bad effect on the game . |
| 10 | As the garrison watched him from the shelter of the verandah they could tell that the rain was having a bad effect on him ; he clearly did not like the way it beat on his head and shoulders raising a fine spray ; nor did he seem partial to the way it poured down the neck of his shirt and coursed down his trouser legs . |
| 11 | Maybe seeing their mother and father in such pain was having a bad effect on the little girls ? |
| 12 | A couple of years earlier , when I was having a bad patch and went to him for a reassuring chat , he had told me not to worry about it . |
| 13 | When tartrazine was receiving a bad press a few years ago , the Arnett brothers decided to stop using artificial colours altogether , but the outcome was far from positive . |
| 14 | ‘ I was anticipating a bad time but my wife was thrilled because she loves Russia — that 's why my daughter is called Katya , ’ says Mr Faith . |