Example sentences of "come [prep] a bad [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 | ‘ He 's rather busy — you 've come at a bad time , I 'm afraid , Miss Holbrook . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's probably come at a bad time , ’ said Pool 's longest serving player . |
| 13 | His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time . |
| 14 | She told the poor people who had taken her in that the girl was illegitimate , and that she came from a bad family with an evil reputation . |
| 15 | He came to a bad end . ’ |
| 16 | THE YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB YEARBOOK 1992 — McDermott 's withdrawal came at a bad time : an anticipatory profile of the Queensland firebreather leads the 92nd edition , followed by a réumé of others born outside the county line . |
| 17 | She warned her child against coming to a bad end . |
| 18 | ‘ He 'll … he 'll come to a bad end ; yes , he will . |
| 19 | He might think he 's fallen on his feet but he 'll come to a bad end , you 'll see … ‘ |
| 20 | " A tomboy 's like a whistling woman and a crowing hen , who can only come to a bad end . |
| 21 | You will come to a bad end ! |
| 22 | Whatever the truth , the unwelcome publicity could not come at a worse time for Mercedes — just as it is launching its new top-of-the-range ‘ S ’ model after 12 years of development . |
| 23 | Newspaper reports on 12th March that the Bank of Ireland is to shed 600 of its staff over the coming years could not come at a worse time for the economy . |
| 24 | All the Pain that Money Can Buy : the Life of Christina Onassis by William Wright ( Gollancz , £5.99 ) — The author 's explanation of why people devour books about the rich is appropriately cynical : ‘ We examine their bounteous lives on the modest condition that they suffer and come to a bad end . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Come to a bad end , ’ said Mrs Yaxlee with relish . |
| 26 | ‘ Have I come at a bad time ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Have I come at a bad moment ? ’ she asked . |
| 28 | But if you know anyone who comes to a bad end you tend to think over what you said to them , what they said to you . ’ |
| 29 | Comes to a bad end . |