Example sentences of "have [vb pp] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian . |
| 3 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 4 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 5 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 6 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 10 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 16 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 17 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 18 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 19 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
| 23 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season . |
| 26 | His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time . |
| 27 | If the money had been spent on social and industrial problems then the American economy might well have grown at a higher rate than it has , and technological innovation might have been more rapid in areas which directly contribute to trade . |
| 28 | The latter clause , however , had had the approval of negotiating bodies representing both potato merchants and farmers ; no blame for the infection of the seed potatoes was attributable to either side ; and , further , the buyers , if they had so wished , could have bought at a small extra cost , seed potatoes certified by inspectors of the Ministry of Agriculture . |
| 29 | Nor could it have occurred at a worse time . |
| 30 | 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 . |