Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] a worse [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
2 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
3 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
4 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
8 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
10 | ‘ 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 . |
11 | Nor could it have occurred at a worse time . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |
14 | 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 . |