Example sentences of "[prep] be the worst " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the sound he found to be the worst , worse even than the cursing and swearing and threats he had witnessed last Friday night . |
| 2 | They had so few experienced seamen on board that an English prisoner was released from his chains to take the helm of one vessel during what was said to be the worst storm for 20 years . |
| 3 | Telling my Pop was going to be the worst bit . |
| 4 | I currently have a box of 40 on my desk and , even forgetting the off-white interiors and envelopes , these have to be the worst cards this side of Bethlehem . |
| 5 | ‘ It has to be the worst year of my career given the expectations I had when it started . |
| 6 | Define what you consider to be the worst problems ( no more than three ) . |
| 7 | Define what you consider to be the worst problems ( no more than three ) . |
| 8 | Described as a Professional ZX Spectrum Keyboard this has to be the worst thing you could ever do to your Spectrum ! |
| 9 | The third quarter 1991 bad debts are likely to be the worst ever , according to Europe 's largest trade credit insurance broker , The Credit Insurance Association Ltd . |
| 10 | A second , informal survey of major underwriters of credit insurance risk supported recent Trade Indemnity figures and indicated that third quarter 1991 bad debts were likely to be the worst ever . |
| 11 | Fear has to be the worst feeling of all . |
| 12 | This proved to be the worst part of the piece — ; dense , incomprehensible , and of no value . |
| 13 | Indeed , there is a case for supposing that in complicated matters it is likely to be the worst one . |
| 14 | The chaotic kitchens , where the seneschal had his office and where vast quantities of food were continually being prepared in conditions of the utmost confusion , noise and heat , seemed to be the worst affected place of all . |
| 15 | By the evening of Jan. 26 between 5,000,000 and 10,000,000 barrels of oil were estimated to have poured into the Gulf , in what was thought to be the worst oil spillage in history [ for March 1989 Exxon Valdez spill see pp. 36541 ; 36606 ] . |
| 16 | Floods in the southern provinces of Kompong Speu , Takeo , Kampot and Kandal which had begun in mid-August [ see p. 38390 ] and were said to be the worst in 50 years , left 100 people dead and washed away houses , roads , bridges and railway lines , and by Sept. 4 were threatening Phnom Penh . |
| 17 | For want of practice , Venetian drivers are proverbially supposed to be the worst in Italy . |
| 18 | It is feared that the year may prove to be the worst on record |
| 19 | The annual burning of the Amazon Forest is likely to be the worst ever , according to data based on air and satellite surveys released by Friends of the Earth . |
| 20 | The right leg seems to be the worst — looks as if he was crouching and got knocked sideways by the bumper , then run over , ’ Ben said briskly . |
| 21 | These have to be the worst roads in the world . |
| 22 | In the North , South Tyneside continues to be the worst unemployment blackspot with 10,399 out of work , equivalent to 18.4pc of the workforce . |
| 23 | Well , the first one 's always gon na be the worst one ! |