Example sentences of "worse than [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking about his book was almost worse than thinking about Elinor . |
| 2 | She believes that there is nothing worse than marry without any affection but on the other hand it would be very absurd Lady Bertram points out to Fanny that it is every woman 's duty to marry a rich man but she is blinded to the fact that this is not the only improvement that can take place in a marriage . |
| 3 | ‘ Gawd Blimey , it 's worse than living in Scotland Yard here . |
| 4 | What could be worse than moving to Chislehurst ? |
| 5 | Even worse than Trespassing on the Railway Line . |
| 6 | So horrid as it all is , it 's not that much worse than reading about it in the newspapers . |
| 7 | It 's worse than listening to the cricket match . |
| 8 | He goes out alone … and sometimes he goes to the bank and draws out large sums of money … it 's worse than dealing with a child … the most wearing part is the mental strain , not the washing and things like that ; it 's the having to take the lead all the time … [ 24 ; 1H I can stand the strain at the moment , but I ca n't say for how long . |
| 9 | ‘ But … we ca n't take your bed , ’ objected Isabel faintly , although she wondered why the thought of sleeping in a bed with fitzAlan seemed worse than sleeping with him on a bench . |
| 10 | I made no protest at the time , though people asked me to , because I said ‘ there 's nothing worse than arguing against a foolish argument . |
| 11 | Nothing is worse than walking in wet trousers for long periods of time , so the overtrousers you select should give as good a service as your jacket . |
| 12 | There is nothing worse than sitting through shots which wobble around and zoom in and out while the camcorder operator is getting things sorted out . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's no worse than driving in mist , ’ I said , to comfort him , though in fact it was hard to see the road ; I was afraid that at any moment the car would go bumping off it , into the surrounding desert . |
| 14 | Self-abuse is worse , because more animal ; but those who really must have amatory excitement will find it ‘ better to marry ’ and expend on real lovers those sexual feelings now worse than wasted on this its ‘ solitary form ’ . |
| 15 | I 'm sure you will agree that there 'd be nothing worse than to start into a erm er , regeneration idea on an estate and then have a a year or two 's hiatus where nothing can happen because we 're er pushing the hag funding elsewhere in the town . |
| 16 | Whitaker thought this was all wonderful stuff and great fun , but at one stage when his patience was wearing thin he was heard to exclaim : ‘ This is worse than working for Murdoch ! ’ |
| 17 | For Claire King , the European promotions manager for EMI , going to the hairdresser is worse than going to the dentist . |
| 18 | Survival curves were identical for patients who were and were not operated on and were only slightly worse than expected for the general population matched for age . |
| 19 | Britain 's trade gap narrowed in February to seven hundred and fifty million pounds from eight hundred and fifty-eight million , but the figures are worse than expected by City analysts . |
| 20 | This is a lot worse than talking into a tape-recorder ! |
| 21 | WHAT 's worse than standing on the ice in the middle of a river when the temperature is below freezing ? |
| 22 | Worst match I 've ever seen ? losing away to Frickley Athletic in a pre-season friendly aa few years back — even worse than losing at home to Chester in the league/milk/littlewoods/whatever cup |