1.   And the worst thing was that I really had little choice but to bow to their wishes.

2.   But it was the worst thing I could have done.

3.   But the worst thing they did to him was to brand him a traitor.

4.   Did they unwittingly do the worst possible thing in response, thus altering a fragile balance for ever?

5.   Embarrassed was the worst thing I could have been then, and the worst of it is, I still am.

6.   For these people, that inflation was the worst thing in the world.

7.   It turned out to be the next worst thing.

8.   It would be the worst thing to happen to me if I had to leave this place.

9.   Perhaps that was the worst thing that could happen to a human being.