Example sentences of "could [adv] have [vb pp] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
| 2 | Once she could not have imagined a greater disaster — all the garments she 'd been working on , with such dedication , day and night , for weeks on end now , had totally vanished , disappeared . |
| 3 | I could not have imagined a better companion . |
| 4 | Tim could not have made a better choice . ’ |
| 5 | As confirmation of the significance Harry had detected in Heather 's photographs , Mossop 's retraced route of three months before could not have made a better start . |
| 6 | Holmes says : ‘ Steve could not have made a better start to his outdoor season and it opens up all sorts of possibilities . |
| 7 | He could not have made a finer creature in his own vats . |
| 8 | Sheila could not have desired a worse profession . |
| 9 | Hollywood could not have created a better image of the middle ages . |
| 10 | He had scarcely known Maggie , could not have known that he could not have chosen a better treat than this mysterious park , with its vast statues carved out of the living rock : the huge-mouthed cave with its mighty teeth , the vast stone giant , his shoulders visible through bushes a hundred yards away , half hidden in greenery ; and above all , the great carved stone dragon with its broken wings , and wild Chinese eyes . |
| 11 | Mr Robin Cook , shadow Health Secretary , said : ‘ We could not have chosen a better issue to put centre stage for the first televised session of Parliament . ’ |
| 12 | GRAEME HICK finally lived up to his tag as England 's saviour yesterday — and the one-time ‘ Boy Wonder ’ could not have chosen a better moment to put his wretched Test record behind him . |
| 13 | We had a beautiful Spring holiday on the Beauly Firth , and could not have chosen a better time to be there , with all the different kinds of foliage on the hillsides , and the spring flowers on the banks . |
| 14 | The 39-year-old Briton could not have got a better start to his new career with the Indycar team owned by Paul Newman and Carl Haas , but now has every driver on his tail . |
| 15 | After the majestic setting of Old Trafford , Middlesbrough could not have expected a greater contrast than Roots Hall . |
| 16 | QUEEN OF SHANNON had tears and not champagne flowing by winning at Salisbury yesterday — but she could not have picked a better moment . |
| 17 | If he were going to humiliate her , he could not have picked a better opportunity . |
| 18 | He started up twenty years ago , he could not have picked a better time . |
| 19 | ‘ Richard Cawston 's film could not have had a better critical reception if it had been the combined work of Eisenstein , Hitchcock and Fellini , ’ wrote the critic in the Evening Standard . |
| 20 | As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader … |
| 21 | I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching . |
| 22 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
| 23 | Portsmouth could not have had an easier preparation than they had against a flimsy Grimsby side . |
| 24 | You see , we ca n't get away from the fact that if Kemp was in London , he could easily have caught an earlier train . |
| 25 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
| 26 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 27 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |
| 28 | John could hardly have found a better influence . |
| 29 | That is why , if the stock exchange had built Taurus many years ago , as promised , it could also have ensured the earlier abolition of stamp duty . |
| 30 | In the event , there was little snow and I could probably have chosen a lighter fabric-and-leather boot with a Goretex or Sympatex lining . |