Sentence examples for go this wrong from inspiring English sources

I used to go abroad and see people begging and think, how could things go this wrong?

While she was aware of the risks in a big information technology project, she said, "no one indicated that this could possibly go this wrong".

While she was aware of the risks in operating a big new system, she said, "no one indicated that this could possibly go this wrong".

According to a 2011 study of 1,471 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects by Alexander Budzier and Bent Flyvbjerg of the Said Business School, Oxford, one in every six projects costs at least three times as much as initially estimated: around twenty times the rate at which projects in fields like construction go this wrong.

If everyone wants to stick to the story of "woe is us, we had no idea things could go this wrong," then fine.

Still, prosecutors probably never foresaw Pettitte's testimony going this wrong.

"Everything that could go wrong this Daytona 500 did go wrong," an Associated Press reporter wrote.

"Everything that could possibly go wrong would go wrong with this heist".

As Burton argues: "When operating rules are less than perfect and things go wrong, this is exactly what the hierarchy is to do; interfere when things go wrong".

How hard can this be?" There is no way it can go wrong this time.

"A bunch of things went wrong last week," he said, "and I'm sure a whole bunch of things will go wrong this week".