Example sentences of "n't have [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 2 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
| 3 | ‘ Well , one thing 's for sure , ’ William 's grandad said , ‘ he ca n't have escaped along a railway line with a horse and cart , not even the po-lice are going to believe that . ’ |
| 4 | Shame they could n't have stumbled upon a more dramatic way of doing it . |
| 5 | And in the news business it is generally reckoned it could n't have gone to a nicer bloke . |
| 6 | I could n't have gone to a better place because they 'd got most parts of the country and one thing and another and I fitted their bill to a tee . |
| 7 | ‘ With hindsight , perhaps we should n't have gone into a peripheral business , ’ he concedes . |
| 8 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 9 | ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour . |
| 10 | Mind you , the combination of a few too many pints before the game and only being able to see about 3/4 of the pitch would n't have made for a very comprehensive report anyway ! |
| 11 | ‘ Or he would n't have agreed to a truce over Christmas . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In fact , you 're probably thinking that it could n't have arrived at a less propitious moment . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Would n't have happened with a postcode would it ? |
| 18 | ‘ Could n't have happened to a nicer chap . ’ |
| 19 | He could n't have returned at a less opportune moment . |
| 20 | I felt … well , the offer could n't have come at a more opportune time , could it ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 22 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 23 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 24 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 25 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 29 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
| 30 | 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 . |