Example sentences of "worst that [modal v] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thought the worst that would happen would be a national partition with Jews and Arabs still living in their own homes . |
| 2 | What was the worst that could happen ? |
| 3 | He tried to think of the worst that could happen . |
| 4 | But here , if you were caught preparing an escape , the worst that could happen to you was fourteen days solitary confinement with books and writing materials , and it was often a pleasant change to spend a fortnight by yourself after months of compulsory association . |
| 5 | The worst that could happen is for someone to suggest a ‘ magic ’ solution . |
| 6 | I suppose I used to think the worst that could happen was that I got killed . |
| 7 | Criminally negligent directors in the UK are not sent to prison as in other countries — the worst that can happen is a fine — and even that can be insured against and paid by the company . |
| 8 | Ask yourself ‘ what is the worst that can happen ? ’ in any given situation . |
| 9 | What is the worst that can happen if you do not achieve it ? |
| 10 | I shall sit here and wait and sweat it out and look the facts in the face , trying to anticipate the worst that can happen . |
| 11 | The paradoxes put forward Tolkien 's theses that determination should survive the worst that can happen , that a stout pretence is more valuable than sincere despair . |
| 12 | That way the worst that can happen is you will miss a turn . |
| 13 | What 's the worst that can happen ? |
| 14 | The worst that can happen is that its domain of applicability becomes circumscribed . |
| 15 | Very little mess occurs , about the worst that can happen is that the jet gets clogged causing the ink drops to get oversized or the reservoir is removed without being capped . |
| 16 | ‘ The worst that can happen … ’ she took a deep breath , hoping that this was the right thing to say ‘ … is that the baby has to be delivered over the next few days . ’ |
| 17 | What is the worst that can happen ? ’ |
| 18 | If you make an error in a project powered from a PP3 size 9 volt battery , about the worst that will happen is that one or two semiconductors will be destroyed . |