Example sentences of "[adv] have [vb pp] for a [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform .
2 I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ .
3 If the cast had needed a demonstration of Michael Banks 's genuine warmth , they could not have asked for a better one than the way he dealt with Alex Household .
4 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 .
5 Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today .
6 I could n't have asked for a better family !
7 For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift .
8 ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour .
9 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
10 Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences .
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