Example sentences of "[vb pp] at a [adj -er] time " in BNC.

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1 The invitation could not have come at a better time .
2 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 .
3 And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family .
4 ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales .
5 " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully .
6 ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time .
7 It could n't have come at a better time .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’
11 That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though .
12 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 .
13 And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season .
14 Yes , so what er that council on study and television er could n't of come at a better time Don
15 In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time .
16 It could scarcely have come at a worse time .
17 This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ .
18 For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time .
22 But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time .
23 ‘ 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 . ’
24 ‘ 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 .
25 Transaction facilities are built into kiosks either by providing online or other forms of communication facilities , sometimes nothing more sophisticated than a voice telephone link , or by allowing on-site , consolidated storage of customer requests which can be manually collected at a later time .
26 Nor could it have occurred at a worse time .
27 But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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