Example sentences of "[adv] have [vb pp] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 2 | The ten-week India campaign could hardly have started on a worse personal note when it was announced , just as England flew in on 29 December that his marriage was over . |
| 3 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 4 | The lower transfusion requirements in the regulated group reflected milder illness with less investigational blood loss but may also have related to a greater initial endowment of red cells and their precursors . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That kind of morale booster is infectious and they could well have won by a bigger margin . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Chelmsford could certainly have done with a bigger pool of players . |