Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 2 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 3 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 4 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 5 | She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead . |
| 6 | It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence . |
| 7 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 8 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 9 | ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ God witness , ’ said Llewelyn , drumming his long fingers on the arms of his chair in a hard-driven rhythm that was always a key to the stresses of his mind , ‘ it could not have come at a worse time . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's rather busy — you 've come at a bad time , I 'm afraid , Miss Holbrook . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's probably come at a bad time , ’ said Pool 's longest serving player . |
| 13 | His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time . |
| 14 | The latest surge in the yen has come at the worst possible time for many Japanese companies , especially exporters . |
| 15 | He cursed himself inwardly for this sudden indisposition , which had come at the worst possible moment . |
| 16 | She said she was sure she had rung at the worst possible moment — she always rang important people at the worst possible moment . |
| 17 | The prose does the work , the illustrations interfere at the worst and supplement at the best — so much for pictures in the classroom . |
| 18 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 19 | It would take too long and she would n't understand ; besides , she had phoned at a bad moment — Anne was obviously in a hurry to go out . |
| 20 | THE YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB YEARBOOK 1992 — McDermott 's withdrawal came at a bad time : an anticipatory profile of the Queensland firebreather leads the 92nd edition , followed by a réumé of others born outside the county line . |
| 21 | When he was a bit older and more rational , William wondered if his interest in the darkest periods of human history was an attempt to exorcise these terrors of his childhood ; to look at the worst of them , coldly and analytically , and not be afraid . |
| 22 | But we have to look at the worst possible case . |
| 23 | Nor could it have occurred at a worse time . |
| 24 | ‘ Not called at a bad moment , have I ? ’ |
| 25 | His little show would n't stand much chance of survival if it even hinted at a bad ‘ season ’ to come . |
| 26 | It is idle to speculate on the source of leaks — that I did learn in my years in Government — but what was certain was that the Telegraph story could not have appeared at a worse time . |
| 27 | LEEDS UNIVERSITY must surely rank at the worst venue in Europe . |
| 28 | LEEDS UNIVERSITY must surely rank at the worst venue in Europe . |
| 29 | She had thought the quantities of gilt ( never did she credit that it might be real gold ) an evidence of shocking vulgarity , had sneered at the bad taste of the ornate picture frames , at the ridiculous excesses of the pictures themselves , and had felt a solid , suburban scorn for the frayed and patched tapestry chair seats and the faded hangings : she had wondered why , if so rich , they did not throw out their tatty Persian coverings , and buy themselves a good bit of fitted Wilton or Axminster in a good plain colour . |
| 30 | Whatever the truth , the unwelcome publicity could not come at a worse time for Mercedes — just as it is launching its new top-of-the-range ‘ S ’ model after 12 years of development . |