Example sentences of "[verb] come [prep] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Now that the group has come to a better understanding about some aspect of these problems , how can they feel Empowered to act for change ? |
2 | Pupils can be helped to come to a deeper understanding of other peoples and/or events with the questioner 's guidance . |
3 | ‘ If the indicators for the first quarter remain flat or suggest a further fall in output , then the time will have come for a further cut in interest rates , by another 1 per cent or more . ’ |
4 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
5 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
6 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
7 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
11 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
13 | ‘ 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 . |
14 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
17 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
18 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
19 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
20 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
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 | 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 . |
23 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
24 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season . |
27 | Er he , the family , must have came at a later date into Galashiels . |