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  • Looking tired and gaunt in a badly-fitting black rain-coat, the unshaven 62-year-old was led into the New York criminal court hearing in handcuffs to face charges over a brutal sexual assault which have left the IMF in disarray and sent shockwaves through French politics, almost certainly ending the presidential hopes of the man tipped as the clear winner against Sarkozy in 2012.

    Dominique Strauss-Kahn denied $1m bail on rape charge 2011

  • It's a pain in the ass to go all the way up to Bristol for the assessment but it's no worse that the pain in the ass I'm getting from this badly-fitting chair!

    Wheelchairs: why do they make SUCH a difference? Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • Infiltration uncontrolled air flow into or through a building via such openings as gaps under doors, chimneys without dampers and badly-fitting windows

    6. Energy efficient building design 1995

  • His dark hair was cut short and sat atop his head like a small, badly-fitting cap.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • His dark hair was cut short and sat atop his head like a small, badly-fitting cap.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • We discarded the badly-fitting Pollsmoor 'uniform' for what appeared to be

    Chapter 6 - We Meet the Comrades 1987

  • They were followed by a little old gentleman dressed in black, with spectacles, and a pair of badly-fitting black kid gloves.

    The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand

  • Moravian foundation, an athletic, good-looking young fellow in badly-fitting clothes, who appeared in no way ashamed to admit that he had never before been east of the Mississippi, and was frankly impressed by New York.

    Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Various

  • Andrews felt dirty and ill-smelling in his badly-fitting uniform.

    Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933

  • And the pump-man, in his skimpy, badly-fitting dungarees, though of good height, did not look to be much more than half the other's bulk.

    Wide Courses 1912

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