Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] at [art] bad " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest surge in the yen has come at the worst possible time for many Japanese companies , especially exporters . |
| 2 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 3 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 4 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 5 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 9 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time . |
| 13 | Nor could it have occurred at a worse time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's rather busy — you 've come at a bad time , I 'm afraid , Miss Holbrook . |
| 18 | He cursed himself inwardly for this sudden indisposition , which had come at the worst possible moment . |
| 19 | She said she was sure she had rung at the worst possible moment — she always rang important people at the worst possible moment . |
| 20 | It would take too long and she would n't understand ; besides , she had phoned at a bad moment — Anne was obviously in a hurry to go out . |
| 21 | She had thought the quantities of gilt ( never did she credit that it might be real gold ) an evidence of shocking vulgarity , had sneered at the bad taste of the ornate picture frames , at the ridiculous excesses of the pictures themselves , and had felt a solid , suburban scorn for the frayed and patched tapestry chair seats and the faded hangings : she had wondered why , if so rich , they did not throw out their tatty Persian coverings , and buy themselves a good bit of fitted Wilton or Axminster in a good plain colour . |