Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] worse [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Desert Orchid had often won from worse positions , but he seemed unable to quicken , and was half a length down on his two younger rivals as they landed over the last obstacle .
2 Proposals to replace our dry sow accommodation could not have come at worse time , with pig prices falling through the floor , and I suppose some would say that we are reacting plenty soon enough .
3 Sport becomes relegated to the peripheries , whereas , for many black kids , it retains centrality — not because the other areas are seen as worse risks , but because they are seen as less accessible , they believe there are only a limited number of entrances to the upper reaches of the employment world .
4 ‘ It 's been turned into worse things than that , I can tell you .
5 Many a time he had slept in worse quarters when he had attended David on his seasonal progresses in Gwynedd .
6 Printed on worse paper than NME , curiously .
7 Longer periods of unusually low phenylalanine concentrations were also independently associated with worse outcome .
8 I 've lived in worse places . ’
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