Example sentences of "[not/n't] have [verb] [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I could not have imagined a better companion . |
2 | Once she could not have imagined a greater disaster — all the garments she 'd been working on , with such dedication , day and night , for weeks on end now , had totally vanished , disappeared . |
3 | Sheila could not have desired a worse profession . |
4 | Tim could not have made a better choice . ’ |
5 | As confirmation of the significance Harry had detected in Heather 's photographs , Mossop 's retraced route of three months before could not have made a better start . |
6 | Holmes says : ‘ Steve could not have made a better start to his outdoor season and it opens up all sorts of possibilities . |
7 | He could not have made a finer creature in his own vats . |
8 | Hollywood could not have created a better image of the middle ages . |
9 | Under the Land and Compensation Act , Renfrew District Council does not have to entertain a further application within two years unless it differs substantially from the original . |
10 | The 39-year-old Briton could not have got a better start to his new career with the Indycar team owned by Paul Newman and Carl Haas , but now has every driver on his tail . |
11 | He had scarcely known Maggie , could not have known that he could not have chosen a better treat than this mysterious park , with its vast statues carved out of the living rock : the huge-mouthed cave with its mighty teeth , the vast stone giant , his shoulders visible through bushes a hundred yards away , half hidden in greenery ; and above all , the great carved stone dragon with its broken wings , and wild Chinese eyes . |
12 | Mr Robin Cook , shadow Health Secretary , said : ‘ We could not have chosen a better issue to put centre stage for the first televised session of Parliament . ’ |
13 | We had a beautiful Spring holiday on the Beauly Firth , and could not have chosen a better time to be there , with all the different kinds of foliage on the hillsides , and the spring flowers on the banks . |
14 | GRAEME HICK finally lived up to his tag as England 's saviour yesterday — and the one-time ‘ Boy Wonder ’ could not have chosen a better moment to put his wretched Test record behind him . |
15 | If he were going to humiliate her , he could not have picked a better opportunity . |
16 | He started up twenty years ago , he could not have picked a better time . |
17 | QUEEN OF SHANNON had tears and not champagne flowing by winning at Salisbury yesterday — but she could not have picked a better moment . |
18 | After the majestic setting of Old Trafford , Middlesbrough could not have expected a greater contrast than Roots Hall . |
19 | I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching . |
20 | Would his wife not have had a better quality of life with fewer children ? |
21 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
22 | As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader … |
23 | Portsmouth could not have had an easier preparation than they had against a flimsy Grimsby side . |
24 | He could n't have said a truer word . |
25 | She could n't have made a better selection than Keep Talking , a progressive horse both in terms of form and distance . |
26 | Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation . |
27 | In your case you could n't have had a better officer , in my view , to handle that situation . |
28 | The Latics could n't have had a better boost than Saturday 's four-goal demolition of Middlesbrough and Royle said : ‘ That was our best show this season . |
29 | Clearly each player so honoured brings his own style and personality to the job and we could n't have had a better example than from David Sole . |
30 | ANDY NICOL could n't have had a harder act to follow than Armstrong . |