Example sentences of "have [vb pp] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It may have formed at the same time as Coed y Brenin .
2 At her side , introducing her to people , encouraging her to elaborate on some of her ideas for the future , Luke was urbane , expressing only suave approval , and no one could have guessed at the personal contempt he felt for her , not a hint of it — or anything else personal either — allowed to show through his sophisticated public manner .
3 She would never be a great beauty , he knew , but she had a natural charm and personality that lent an extra depth to her character , and he imagined that this would have been how his mother would have looked at a similar age .
4 In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time .
5 It could scarcely have come at a worse time .
6 This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ .
7 For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time .
11 But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time .
12 ‘ 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 . ’
13 ‘ 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 .
14 The invitation could not have come at a better time .
15 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 .
16 And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family .
17 ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales .
18 " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully .
19 ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time .
20 It could n't have come at a better time .
21 League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist .
22 League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist .
23 ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’
24 That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though .
25 New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time .
26 And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season .
27 His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time .
28 He stepped away from her and she could have wept at the cold desolation that closed round her .
29 Just once , as the waves came up over her feet , she hesitated and gave a short gasp , as anyone might have done at the sudden cold .
30 I said , if you 'd have said what you should have said at the bloody tribunal .
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