Example sentences of "[prep] a bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was long after she had gone to sleep and he had prodded her in the ribs to stop her snoring and was , himself , lying awake , staring into the darkness , thinking about Donald that it occurred to Henry that this was the longest conversation he had had with Elinor for about a year and that , after a bad start , she had , once or twice , come dangerously near to amiability . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've got to paddle out again after a bad experience . |
| 3 | The floor was slimy with sick like the deck of a channel steamer after a bad crossing . |
| 4 | After a bad attack of malaria , Macleod worked in the Kimberley diamond mines , then took part in the Zulu War against Cetaweyo . |
| 5 | The story goes that it was a very merry party — maybe they were celebrating being able to get in the hay after a bad spell — and they stepped on the bridge to enjoy some music , a very Tallentire thing to do . |
| 6 | But what racing could give after one good day , it could take away after a bad one . |
| 7 | TOP northern jockey Peter Niven misses the ride on exciting novice chaser Cab on Target after a bad fall at Doncaster yesterday . |
| 8 | In Argentina , he was betrayed by his car , but after a bad fright in practice at Kyalami when a wheel came off , he came in second behind Denny Hulme after race-leader Jackie Stewart lost all the oil in his gear-box . |
| 9 | In fact , he only won it once , and that was after a bad accident when a hub sheared on a brand-new Lotus 64 . |
| 10 | It is always a big event and probably just what we want after a bad defeat . ’ |
| 11 | After a bad start and an early tangle with Michael Andretti 's McLaren , which saw a wheel ripped off the American 's car , Warwick worked his way through the field . |
| 12 | She had been spitting blood after a bad bout of coughing , but one look at the sputum told me it was clean blood . |
| 13 | In 1966 he won the opening round of the championship at Monte Carlo but , after a bad crash at Spa in the next race , he failed to win again that season , or the season after . |
| 14 | After a bad start with the dreaded new tank syndrome , the tank has settled down and the fish are thriving in their surroundings . |
| 15 | Take the title track which manages to amalgamate an electrifying House beat , a gorgeous gospel backing vocal and a hoarse , scathing roar that sounds uncannily like Davros ( yeah , he of ‘ exterminate , exterminate ’ fame ) after a bad bout of bronchitis . |
| 16 | He had declared this week an alcohol-free zone after a bad hangover on Sunday morning . |
| 17 | He might well be creating havoc with her pulse-rate , but he was only doing it to comfort her after a bad day ; it did n't mean there was anything personal in the action . |
| 18 | Robert had earlier won the 250cc race but in the superbike he was forced to make up ground after a bad start and was never able to get to grips with the leader . |
| 19 | Take the title track which manages to amalgamate an electrifying House beat , a gorgeous gospel backing vocal and a hoarse , scathing roar that sounds uncannily like Davros ( yeah , he of ‘ exterminate , exterminate ’ fame ) after a bad bout of bronchitis . |
| 20 | The cry of a Tyrannosaurus Rex was more like the sound made by a human stomach full of wind after a bad night in a cheap restaurant , not the fierce cry of Steven Spielberg movie monster , said Matsumi Suzuki , a Japanese expert . |
| 21 | After a bad start and an early tangle with Michael Andretti 's McLaren , which saw a wheel ripped off the American 's car , Warwick worked his way through the field . |
| 22 | The museum made the best of a bad job . |
| 23 | Worrying about people 's comments instead of keeping calm and concentrating on the flying and on getting down safely is often the root cause of a bad landing . |
| 24 | All that remains of his seductiveness are the historical traces of a bad lot . |
| 25 | The subject of a bad reference can sue the referee for libel but has to show the referee was up to no good : spite , ill-will or some improper motive will do . |
| 26 | ‘ But we will all go and make the best of a bad situation . |
| 27 | Codes of practice set out by bodies such as the RYA to avoid the effects of contaminated waterways are all very well , but should n't we be taking direct action upon the problem itself — rather than making the best of a bad job ? |
| 28 | His major literary enterprise , as a student at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma in 1951 , was the invention of a bad Golden Age poet whom he named Tiburcio Esquirla . |
| 29 | ‘ Mladenov is certainly the best of a bad bunch , ’ said a respected biologist , Mr Petar Beron , a leading member of the dissident environment group Ecoglasnost . |
| 30 | ‘ They have made the best of a bad situation . ’ |