Example sentences of "be bad than [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What could be worse than moving to Chislehurst ? |
| 2 | She had no idea of how she might use it : draining him of pity would be worse than draining him of money , and she would drown in guilt . |
| 3 | And you 'd think , Well what could be worse than lifting and carrying , and what could be more boring than doing that all day ? |
| 4 | To lose him would be worse than losing himself : it would be losing the only chance left to him for the life he had always and violently lusted after . |
| 5 | We support and accept the good sense of increasing sentences for offences that are worse than taking and driving away and of extending the deterrent of disqualification where personal injury and damage occurs , but it is quite another thing for someone to be guilty of additional offences that he does not commit , to which he is not a party and which he might not have foreseen as the likely consequences of his taking and driving away . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It 's worse than organizing several zoos ( several zoos ) , |
| 8 | It 's worse than organizing several zoos ( several zoos ) , |
| 9 | ‘ Gawd Blimey , it 's worse than living in Scotland Yard here . |
| 10 | It 's worse than listening to the cricket match . |
| 11 | WHAT 's worse than standing on the ice in the middle of a river when the temperature is below freezing ? |
| 12 | ‘ It 's worse than having a teething baby , ’ Ruby grumbled . |
| 13 | that 's worse than having |
| 14 | I think that 's worse than having a filling . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 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 to rob a person of her virtue is worse than cutting her throat . |
| 18 | For Claire King , the European promotions manager for EMI , going to the hairdresser is worse than going to the dentist . |
| 19 | I had no plan , or rather a hundred plans , which is worse than having none at all . |
| 20 | It was worse than taking his own life . |
| 21 | It seemed to Ruth , what her aunt had long suspected , that to part with loved ones while they are still living , with never a hope of seeing them again , was worse than losing them by death . |
| 22 | I think it would n't have been so bad if he had n't swore at me so much , that was worse than hitting me . |