Example sentences of "not have [vb pp] [prep] a good " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 9 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |