Example sentences of "could n't have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't have made a better selection than Keep Talking , a progressive horse both in terms of form and distance . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 'm not at all hungry , really , ’ said Breeze , who could n't have swallowed a mouthful at that moment . |
| 3 | He could n't have said a truer word . |
| 4 | I could n't have arranged a better still life . |
| 5 | I could n't have arranged a better still life . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , as I said , my mother is allergic to feathers , so I could n't have kept a bird at home even if I 'd had one . |
| 7 | I could n't have run a raid yesterday , and I 'm certain sure he could n't . |
| 8 | Oh I could n't have done a quarter of it . |
| 9 | Oh , I could n't have done a quarter of it . |
| 10 | Walt Disney could n't have staged a better aqua show with Azinger hooking into water , and opponent Ballesteros topping it in there after him — and failing , despite a 40-foot putt . |
| 11 | He could n't have picked a better place : laid to rest in Père Lachaise alongside such genuine nineteenth-century bohos as Gérard de Nerval , who took his pet lobster for walks in the Palais Royal and eventually hanged himself with a piece of string he insisted was the Queen of Sheba 's garter . |
| 12 | You could n't have got a baby-sitter ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But I could n't have chosen a better house than this flat . ’ |
| 14 | WIMBLEDON 'S Vinnie Jones could n't have chosen a less appropriate place than Old Trafford to expound on his vision of Premier League football as a glorified hangover cure . |
| 15 | The kidnappers could n't have chosen a better day . |
| 16 | He had made a few calls , but could n't have chosen a worse time to be setting up a casual liaison . |
| 17 | If Rune had set out deliberately to enrage her he could n't have chosen a better way . |
| 18 | And I could n't have chosen a better three weeks to absent myself . |
| 19 | SINEAD Donaghy could n't have chosen a better time to score her first goal of the season . |
| 20 | They were ripe for change , and , as it happened , I could n't have chosen a better subject with which to widen the scope of the Church 's activities . |
| 21 | And they could n't have chosen a better day ; brilliant blue skies and fierce winds . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not terribly easy to go away with that sort of thing ringing in your ears , but for all that I could n't have chosen a more marvellous or rewarding life . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They did n't know that he could n't have drawn a proper furrow let alone a real good 'un if he had n't got his owd pipe a-drawin' in his mouth ! |
| 24 | When I started out , you could n't have bought a real Fender that played as well as this . |
| 25 | In any case , she could n't have held a conversation there . |
| 26 | We could n't have left a tap on , as we had taken the precaution of turning the water off at the mains , so where could it be coming from ? |
| 27 | And you 're forty something and straight and divorced and celibate and a mother and I could n't have found a more complicated situation to fall in love with . |
| 28 | Certainly , she reflected at the end of a long , tiring but satisfying day , she could n't have found a job more calculated to keep her mind off the past . |
| 29 | He could n't have bled a great deal , perhaps a cupful all told . |
| 30 | The Harlequin man could n't have provided a better distraction . |