For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say "Do not bad mouth me."

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

The film is about all the bad things that happen to a common man for no apparent reason.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

If I did refuse to help, my supervisor might say bad things about me behind my back.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

Some people are pessimists: they always think about how bad things are or will be.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

It is never kind to unfairly harm or say bad things about other people.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

And bad things can happen really quickly." "That is kind of the coolest thing for me, standing in the start, always being nervous.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

He did many bad things,he says, but he is asking for forgiveness.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

And also she sees people making bad comments about celebrities, she leaves nice messages, because when people see positive comments they are more likely to stop saying bad things and change their attitude.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

Things cannot be as bad as they seem." He stood over the body of his wife in the disappearing light.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

They are just young and not fully mature as people." "That's why things go wrong, but the technology unto itself isn't necessarily a bad thing.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Things are real bad and it is going to get a lot worse.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

"Listen,people,things are bad.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

"I don't think anything there was a surprise. What the assessment says is basically, things are catastrophically bad in Afghanistan, which is,I'd say, objectively true, but that things are not unsalvageable, that we can turn this around as long as we stay dedicated to the appropriate strategy and fully resource that strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22