Maybe being left out wouldn't be so bad after all.

Maybe death will not be so very bad after all.

Perhaps this will not be so bad after all, she thought.

Maybe this wasn't going to be so bad after all.

Perhaps things weren't going to be so bad after all.

Perhaps, he told himself, things were not going to be so bad after all.

On the other hand, things were not so bad after all.

Having him there wasn't so bad after the first couple of weeks.

Whatever the trouble was, then, might not be too bad after all.

They figure he isn't so bad after all and make peace with him.