Example sentences of "could n't have [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When planning staff at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire said the Union flag outside the Bell Hotel in the town needed planning permission because the flag pole was n't vertical , they could n't have guessed at the outcry . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll bet he could n't have survived with the rest of us . |
| 3 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 4 | ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour . |
| 5 | And in the news business it is generally reckoned it could n't have gone to a nicer bloke . |
| 6 | I could n't have gone to a better place because they 'd got most parts of the country and one thing and another and I fitted their bill to a tee . |
| 7 | Shame they could n't have stumbled upon a more dramatic way of doing it . |
| 8 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 9 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
| 10 | And I could n't have done without the bike . |
| 11 | I felt … well , the offer could n't have come at a more opportune time , could it ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 13 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 14 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 15 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 16 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 20 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season . |
| 23 | The eve of the second anniversary of Maxwell 's death could n't have come at a more crucial time for the pensioners who travelled to London today . |
| 24 | I says er , so I said , started playing ten minutes , she could n't have got up the stairs and were back again ! |
| 25 | They could n't have got into the main part of the school . |
| 26 | He could n't have returned at a less opportune moment . |
| 27 | They were remarkable figures then , but almost 25 years on we beat them fairly handsomely , in a car which , although in a pretty healthy stage of tune ( probably around 350bhp ) , has nothing that any Cobra owner could n't have bought over the counter , and which is still perfectly useable on the road in small doses . |
| 28 | Anyway , you could n't have coped with a sophisticated dinner party . |
| 29 | All the legislation in the world could n't have coped with an accident of such violence . |
| 30 | it 's like when she asked her whether she would change her hours from half past nine to six to cover the office and said no I 'm quite happy doing what I 'm doing and could n't have coped with the confrontation you see . |