Example sentences of "[vb infin] [be] a [noun sg] worse " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things may well have been a lot worse five years ago . |
| 2 | It could have been a lot worse . |
| 3 | It could have been a lot worse . |
| 4 | ‘ We were just shocked after the robbery but felt that it could have been a lot worse and no great harm had been done to anybody . |
| 5 | School terms in Annapolis , and holidays in the White Mountains , it could have been a lot worse . |
| 6 | ‘ It could have been a lot worse ; but I 'm sorry about the penicillin . ’ |
| 7 | It could have been a lot worse , it 's not going to hold me up too much . |
| 8 | The damage will run into thousands of pounds but the couple who live here say it could have been a lot worse . |
| 9 | She lost the fingers of one hand in the accident but she admits it could have been a lot worse . |
| 10 | Although the child suffered serious gashes to his hands and arms , emergency services say his injuries could have been a lot worse . |
| 11 | And it has been revealed that if the flames had spread to gas lines in the science block at Dyke House School in Hartlepool it could have been a lot worse . |
| 12 | He could have been a lot worse but the whole thing will upset him a lot . ’ |
| 13 | It could have been a lot worse . |