Example sentences of "[adv prt] the worst [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By nightfall , ten thousand victims of the explosion had invaded the Red Cross Hospital , and Dr Sasaki , worn out , was moving aimlessly and dully up and down the stinking corridors with wads of bandages and bottles , binding up the worst cuts as he came to them . |
| 2 | Sir : A few hours after reading Terry Coleman 's article on the United Nations General Assembly ( 30 September ) , I came across this passage in Trollope 's Barchester Towers , which exactly expressed my feelings , and , I hope , those of many others of your readers : I know no life that must be so delicious as that of a writer for the newspapers … to thunder forth accusations against men in power ; show up the worst side of everything that is produced ; to pick holes in every coat ; to be indignant , sarcastic , jocose , moral , or supercilious ; to damn with faint praise , or crush with open calumny . |
| 3 | I think I 've even left out the worst bits . |
| 4 | The walls of the cottage were thick enough to shut out the worst sounds of the storm 's buffeting , and even the creaking of doors and rattling of windows could not keep me awake for long . |
| 5 | NEATH hooker Kevin Phillips will be on his usual pre-dawn patrol this morning , trying to blot out the worst experience in his rugby union career . |
| 6 | Southampton must pay 25 per cent of the fine now and the other £15,000 will be suspended for a year to give boss Ian Branfoot time to sort out the worst record in top soccer . |