Example sentences of "[prep] a bad time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michel thinks she will be in for a bad time when she realizes it . |
| 2 | Moved by her obvious concern , he had written to explain that he had been through a bad time , but was better now . |
| 3 | But after plunging towards the relegation zone with just four points from the previous 21 , he admitted : ‘ We have been going through a bad time and We needed this win . ’ |
| 4 | I know you 're going through a bad time , but my main concern is Maureen . ’ |
| 5 | You ca n't help worrying when you 've been through a bad time , but do share your anxieties with your family , and with your doctor , who should be able to reassure you . |
| 6 | ‘ I helped her through a bad time , you see . |
| 7 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 12 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Nor could it have occurred at a worse time . |
| 16 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |
| 17 | Newspaper reports on 12th March that the Bank of Ireland is to shed 600 of its staff over the coming years could not come at a worse time for the economy . |
| 18 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 19 | Her discovery in Paris could n't have happened at a worse time from that point of view , and she would just have to accept it . |
| 20 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | Could n't of happened at a worse time |
| 24 | His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time . |
| 25 | Having called the election at a bad time , defending the 13-year record , and with an anti-Government trend growing significantly , the Conservatives have found it difficult to say clearly why they should go on and on . |
| 26 | ‘ Have I come at a bad time ? ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He 's rather busy — you 've come at a bad time , I 'm afraid , Miss Holbrook . |
| 30 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |