Example sentences of "at a worse time " in BNC.

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1 In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time .
2 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 .
3 It could scarcely have come at a worse time .
4 It is idle to speculate on the source of leaks — that I did learn in my years in Government — but what was certain was that the Telegraph story could not have appeared at a worse time .
5 This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ .
6 For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Nor could it have occurred at a worse time .
10 This could n't have happened at a worse time .
11 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 .
12 I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time .
13 Her discovery in Paris could n't have happened at a worse time from that point of view , and she would just have to accept it .
14 But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time .
15 ‘ 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 . ’
16 ‘ 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 .
17 Could n't of happened at a worse time
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