Example sentences of "would [be] worse [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would be worse than Amazon House finding out if she got wind of what 's going on . |
| 2 | She had not considered , or had chosen to ignore , the possibility that her luck would be worse than average . |
| 3 | He must certainly see about spectacles ; it would be worse than anything if he were compelled to give up the reader 's position with Mr Lamprey . |
| 4 | Nothing they could do now would be worse than the fear as the high gate fell like a guillotine behind him . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | However to take no action would be worse than to risk insulting the dead . |
| 8 | The only thing that would be worse than uncertainty would be to be given duff information . |
| 9 | If you take the British army out of Northern Ireland tonight , the U D A would clean up , you would have real civil war , it would be worse than ever , we have to be thankful that catholics and protestants |
| 10 | It would be worse than useless . |
| 11 | It would be worse if the army — ’ But it was no time to be arguing . |
| 12 | I mean it would be worse if she had been — hurt — first . ’ |
| 13 | She paused for a moment before pointedly adding , ‘ As to your other point , I must confess I think it would be worse if she ended up like you . ’ |