Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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31 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 .
32 And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family .
33 ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales .
34 " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully .
35 ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time .
36 It could n't have come at a better time .
37 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 .
38 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 .
39 ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’
40 That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though .
41 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 .
42 And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season .
43 His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time .
44 What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside .
45 Nor could it have occurred at a worse time .
46 ( b ) The request by the consumer must have occurred within a reasonable time of the occurrence of the damage ( s. 2(3) ( b ) ) .
47 Johnson went to the lavatory — at least , that is presumably what Boswell means when he says , ‘ having retired for a short time ’ — ; and Boswell and Monboddo engaged cordially with each other .
48 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 .
49 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 .
50 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 .
51 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 .
52 Leslie was devastated by the news , having tried for a long time to have a baby .
53 In the countryside , life must have continued for a long time as it always had done .
54 This could n't have happened at a worse time .
55 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 .
56 I 'd have cried , I 'd have brooded for a long time .
57 He must have worked for a long time in the garage .
58 Of course , nationalism is not all simple illusion , for real material differences do exist and have existed for a long time between different countries .
59 Kenneth , last seen nineteen eighty two , lived in the Sleaford area , a retired senior nursing officer at Hospital Holbeach , er m may have married for a second time , Kenneth he 's got a son Ian Mark .
60 ( d ) The supplier must have failed within a reasonable time of the request , to comply with it or to identify the person who supplied him with the product ( s. 2(3) ( c ) ) .
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