21.   After his disappearance, he said, friends and family had searched the streets but after a week passed, they had feared the worst.

22.   Miss Stonehouse said she feared the worst when she saw her son flung from his pushchair after it was in collision with a car.

23.   But she admitted that in the aftermath of the collision on Borough Road, Birkenhead she had feared the worst.

24.   And distrust of government reassurances and a lack of perspective about radiation cause many people to fear the worst when contaminated sites catch fire.

25.   And some good workers, fearing the worst, may start to look for other jobs.

26.   And though she has no firm data on whether the report drove away customers, Johnston feared the worst.

27.   And when he could not see for three days, Valk feared the worst.

28.   As an angry Sutton returned to the dugout, his teammates, fearing the worst, scattered.

29.   As he appeals his conviction, Graves is hoping for the best but fearing the worst.

30.   As investigators fan out across the country to assess the scope of the problem, Army recruiters are already fearing the worst and taking steps to deal with it.