Example sentences of "not have [vb pp] [prep] 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 | It is idle to speculate on the source of leaks — that I did learn in my years in Government — but what was certain was that the Telegraph story could not have appeared at a worse time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 8 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 16 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
| 17 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 18 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
| 19 | And in the news business it is generally reckoned it could n't have gone to a nicer bloke . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 22 | ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |
| 26 | Her discovery in Paris could n't have happened at a worse time from that point of view , and she would just have to accept it . |
| 27 | ‘ Could n't have happened to a nicer chap . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 29 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 30 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |