Example sentences of "[indef pn] worse [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | By my first weekend at the Centre I was that very dangerous creature , one worse than a missionary , a convert . |
2 | It was one wild party after another , each one worse than the last . |
3 | Air bricks , extractor fans , open fires and dehumidifiers all help , but often you have to learn to live with it — and there is nothing worse than a new house which was built in wet conditions . |
4 | There is nothing worse than a shy ferret . |
5 | Britain would now be in the fortunate position of having had , in 1991 , nothing worse than a shallow and short-lived recession , from which a smart recovery would already have been taking place for several quarters , with no balance of payments constraint and little rise in unemployment . |
6 | Truly , there is nothing worse than a world-weary hippie , and nothing more strictly self-superior than the elders of the benevolent-beat-bohemian class . |
7 | ‘ I 'm the conman , ’ he replied , and that humiliation by Barnsley instantly began to feel like nothing worse than a bad dream . |
8 | Take your seats ; there 's nothing worse than a cold dinner . ’ |
9 | If it had steeled itself to cross this threshold ( as Yemen bravely did a month ago ) , Egypt might today be afflicted by nothing worse than a bad case of anti-incumbency — hardly surprising after a dozen years with the same tired face at the top . |
10 | There is nothing worse than a bendy sea boat . |
11 | And it 's all going off is n't it , there 's nothing worse than a |
12 | There 's nothing worse than a jam where there 's not bits in it could be anything . |
13 | Nastiest — ‘ There 's nothing worse than an ex-junkie . ’ |
14 | However romantically ill John might look , it seemed , that he had nothing worse than an unromantic cold . |
15 | But there 's nothing worse than an old fool . ’ |
16 | There 's nothing worse than the straight man who shouts it from the rooftop . ’ |
17 | The route , at least , was what they 'd said , and so with nothing worse than the altitude to battle against , we reached the summit with ample time to absorb the views . |
18 | And try to avoid travelling in the rush hour … there 's nothing worse than the combination of a traffic jam and a screaming baby , believe me ! |
19 | ‘ I hope you did n't get anything worse than a ducking , ’ she added , turning to Jenny . |
20 | It is not clear whether anything worse than the natural virus might result . |