Example sentences of "n't have [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 We should n't have met at the apartment .
2 When planning staff at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire said the Union flag outside the Bell Hotel in the town needed planning permission because the flag pole was n't vertical , they could n't have guessed at the outcry .
3 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 .
4 In fact , you 're probably thinking that it could n't have arrived at a less propitious moment . ’
5 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 .
6 This could n't have happened at a worse time .
7 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 .
8 He could n't have returned at a less opportune moment .
9 I felt … well , the offer could n't have come at a more opportune time , could it ? ’
10 ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales .
11 " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully .
12 ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time .
13 I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time .
14 It could n't have come at a better time .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time .
18 That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though .
19 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 .
20 And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season .
21 The eve of the second anniversary of Maxwell 's death could n't have come at a more crucial time for the pensioners who travelled to London today .
22 ‘ I should n't have looked at the paper — ’
23 So it 's like that without , I mean , with Carla , I mean , you ca n't you know , you just ca n't think when you 've got ta I mean she would have been bored and she would n't have looked at the gifts .
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