Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] a better " 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 Larkins , who made 103 before retiring to give his team-mates a bat , could not have wished for a better comeback , and with Robin Smith making a stylish 70 , England made 263 for four from 50 overs .
15 I mean he tried the Forest defence out on the left-hand side t to start with switched the player and got young Lewis in and really Forest could have done with a better ball er sorry Leicester could have done with a better final ball from Lewis .
16 I mean he tried the Forest defence out on the left-hand side t to start with switched the player and got young Lewis in and really Forest could have done with a better ball er sorry Leicester could have done with a better final ball from Lewis .
17 ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer .
22 Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today .
23 I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ .
24 I could n't have asked for a better family !
25 If the cast had needed a demonstration of Michael Banks 's genuine warmth , they could not have asked for a better one than the way he dealt with Alex Household .
26 The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform .
27 Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences .
28 For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift .
29 ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour .
30 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 .
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