Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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1 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
2 | I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
8 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
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 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
17 | Clark had , however , made it clear that he did not wish to continue for a further term and , as a consequence of an Academic Board working party 's recommendation , a permanent post was created and filled externally by the appointment of the author . |
18 | ‘ No disrespect to the rest — but I would n't want to go to a smaller club , however ambitious . |
19 | ‘ I did n't want to move to a smaller home , And in such a bad neighbourhood too . ’ |
20 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
21 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
22 | And in the news business it is generally reckoned it could n't have gone to a nicer bloke . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
25 | ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | ‘ Could n't have happened to a nicer chap . ’ |