Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 32 | She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead . |
| 33 | It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence . |
| 34 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 35 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 36 | ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ God witness , ’ said Llewelyn , drumming his long fingers on the arms of his chair in a hard-driven rhythm that was always a key to the stresses of his mind , ‘ it could not have come at a worse time . |
| 38 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 39 | For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time . |
| 40 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 41 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 42 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 43 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 44 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
| 45 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 46 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 47 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
| 48 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
| 49 | New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time . |
| 50 | And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season . |
| 51 | Larkins , who made 103 before retiring to give his team-mates a bat , could not have wished for a better comeback , and with Robin Smith making a stylish 70 , England made 263 for four from 50 overs . |
| 52 | Lynn says … she could n't have wished for a bigger meeting in which to make her first run for Britain … she 's been training hard since the end of the track season and is in good form |
| 53 | Chelmsford could certainly have done with a bigger pool of players . |
| 54 | I mean he tried the Forest defence out on the left-hand side t to start with switched the player and got young Lewis in and really Forest could have done with a better ball er sorry Leicester could have done with a better final ball from Lewis . |
| 55 | If the money had been spent on social and industrial problems then the American economy might well have grown at a higher rate than it has , and technological innovation might have been more rapid in areas which directly contribute to trade . |
| 56 | For , when Achilles reaches the point from which the tortoise starts , the tortoise will have advanced to a farther point . |
| 57 | ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘ |
| 58 | Nor could it have occurred at a worse time . |
| 59 | According to Mr Dieter Brauninger , an economist at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt , the newcomers could not have arrived at a better time : a period of dynamic growth , when gaps created by the fall in the birth rate in the past two decades need to be filled . |
| 60 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |