Example sentences of "[adv] have [vb pp] at a bad " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time .
3 This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 ‘ 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 . ’
7 ‘ 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 .
8 His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time .
9 It could scarcely have come at a worse time .
10 For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time .
11 This could n't have happened at a worse time .
12 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 .
13 I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time .
14 But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time .
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