Example sentences of "bad thing that [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The nearly worst thing that could happen would be her father coming back . |
2 | If I do this what is the worst thing that could happen to me ? |
3 | JEWKES : Maybe I am , for to rob him of yourself would be the worst thing that could happen to him . |
4 | Perhaps that was the worst thing that could happen to a human being . |
5 | Crawford , who stayed in the play for more than a year before handing over to David Jason , said during its run , ‘ All your career as an actor you dream of having the things written up outside the theatre which are there about me — but now that they 're there it 's in a way the worst thing that could happen to me . |
6 | And last night , when he had ingested an almond — the absolutely worst thing that could happen to him — something good had happened . |
7 | At a time when the world is struggling to get out of recession , it is just about the worst thing that could happen . |
8 | The worst thing that could have happened was … nothing . ’ |
9 | Hatch said it : Jack Stone was the worst thing that could have happened to Chrissie . ’ |
10 | If it did n't come off , the worst thing that could have happened is that it would have taken a few years to move him out . ’ |
11 | The vital role of the parents is to do all they can to ensure that the loss or diminution of love and friendship , will be the worst thing that can happen to their children if they transgress the legal and moral codes that control the society in which they will be living . |
12 | But it is not the worst thing that can happen . |
13 | It 's sometimes worth asking that nagging little voice what is really the worst thing that can happen now ? |
14 | Remind yourself that blushing is not the worst thing that can happen to you . |
15 | That is the worst thing that can happen to a human being . |
16 | The worst thing that can happen — |
17 | What is the worst thing that can happen when organising a tour ? |
18 | The worst thing that can happen is for the boat to become totally inverted and here you need to slide the daggerboard quickly out before it drops through the hull . |
19 | Like the other parties , it knows full well that extremism is the worst thing that can happen to a good cause . |
20 | In any other situation the worst thing that can occur is that nothing happens at all . |
21 | It 's er , well you see G E C took over er and that 's the worse thing that could happen to anyone , er cos is an accountant and manufacturers . |