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  • As Rhys insists, "That wasn't really the idea behind the band name, we just thought we were a bunch of horrors – as in, badly-behaved young men."

    The Horrors on travel, tequila and hypersonic sound 2011

  • Arizona legislature – you are a bunch of backwards bigoted badly-behaved boobs.

    Obama calls Arizona immigration bill 'misguided' 2010

  • And is it only fair that we compile a list of badly-behaved women from 2009?

    And now, for your viewing enjoyment: « Dating Jesus 2009

  • My daughters love them, particularly the younger, who likes funny stories with occasional gross jokes about badly-behaved people - and particularly if they are drawn as wildly as these.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Heather McDougal 2009

  • My daughters love them, particularly the younger, who likes funny stories with occasional gross jokes about badly-behaved people - and particularly if they are drawn as wildly as these.

    Little Vampire (and Other Little Folk) Heather McDougal 2009

  • The Telegraph carries a report calling for "badly-behaved children" to be banned from school for 12 months.

    Cribsheet daily 17.11.10 Judy Friedberg 2010

  • Yes, though when my younger sister was reading my Sam Jones adult mystery series, she'd always get me and Sam confused and say things like “when you did this”, meaning Sam, which was a bit too close for comfort for me, as Sam can be very badly-behaved at times!

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Yes, though when my younger sister was reading my Sam Jones adult mystery series, she'd always get me and Sam confused and say things like “when you did this”, meaning Sam, which was a bit too close for comfort for me, as Sam can be very badly-behaved at times!

    Interview with Lauren Henderson 2009

  • No matter how provocative, how outrageous or lovable, how sexist or badly-behaved you are on the set of Big Brother or The Amazing Race or Survivor or The Real World, no matter if you shove your wife or drive drunk or stick your snot-encrusted fingers into the communal peanut butter jar, once the show is over, so are you.

    Jennifer Weiner: R.I.P., Jade Goody 2009

  • I think my main problem was that it's self-centred, badly-behaved V's sequel and I was more interested in her older cousin Mara, who's a very secondary character here.

    Archive 2007-11-01 tinylittlelibrarian 2007

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