Example sentences of "come at [art] 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 It could scarcely have come at a worse time .
3 This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ .
4 For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time .
8 But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time .
9 ‘ 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 . ’
10 ‘ 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 .
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