Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | When he was joined in the Test team by Desmond Haynes , one of the most dependable and successful of all opening partnerships was created , and as the senior member in his late twenties Greenidge matured at just the right time . |
2 | ‘ Actually , you 've come at just the right moment . |
3 | The announcement about dinner being served , Henry observed with approval , had come at just the right length of time after the sherry had been drunk . |
4 | As I speak , a chance now for Martin Foyle ; Foyle has scored for Oxford , he 's done it , Oxford have pulled one back , tremendous through ball for Martin Foyle , he cheeked his way round the goalkeeper , put it in with the side of his foot so you 've come at exactly the right time , thirty one minutes gone , Spurs two , Oxford United one and the goal coming from Martin Foyle . |
5 | He cheeked his way round the goalkeeper , put it in with the side of his foot , so you 've come at exactly the right time , thirty one minutes gone , Spurs two , Oxford United one . |
6 | She was told that , unless insemination occurred at exactly the right time each month , her acid levels would kill off the donor sperm . |
7 | Channel 4 's TV Heaven is the equivalent of Now That 's What I Call Music — shameless retro zeitgeist wank split into individual years and presented with just the right tone of sobriety and knowingness by Frank Muir . |
8 | The new piece should be thoroughly dried , and tailored to approximately the right shape and size . |
9 | Living at just the right distance from things is impossible cos one had to move about in order to know where one is — the principle of 2 or more radar points plotting the position of an object . |
10 | She thought she was peaking at just the right time for her battle of the sexes match with Jimmy Connors scheduled for Las Vegas on September 24 with a 500,000 dollar first prize . |
11 | the system is set up so that the engine for each car arrives at just the right moment . ’ |
12 | It was the best lesson I 've ever had , and it came at just the right time . ’ |
13 | Having coached Waikato in the New Zealand provincial championship for some years , Ross was looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to come to Northampton came at exactly the right moment . |
14 | In fact your letter arrived at just the right time , since I am now planning the Spring ‘ 93 Edition of Rural Wales . |
15 | Felling at precisely the right time , possibly a tall order for the commission , the UK 's largest timber producer with 900,000 hectares of forest valued at £2.8 billion , could add 15 per cent to timber value , according to the audit office . |
16 | Last in was the train passenger , who took 52 mins ( average speed , 7.5 mph ) ; this , despite the fact that a train was scheduled at exactly the right time for the contestant to catch by cycling the 0.7 miles from the start to the station . |
17 | Your net intercepts them when they return from feeding and you must therefore ensure that the nets are set in exactly the right place — without the rabbits being aware of your presence . |
18 | The rubber takes a grip on the shell and forces it between the rollers , which are set at just the right distance apart so that they crack the shell without damaging the kernel . |
19 | The air quality which results from this strategy depends upon ensuring that the charges are set at precisely the right level for all pollutants . |
20 | And if we look at the planets of our solar system , lo and behold , every single one of them is travelling at exactly the right velocity to keep it in its stable orbit around the Sun . |
21 | Obviously all the planets that we see orbiting the sun must be travelling at exactly the right speed to keep them in their orbits , or we would n't see them there because they would n't be there ! |
22 | The same effect can be achieved with a small pair of school compasses ( which have the advantage that they can be adjusted to exactly the right size ) , but these are more difficult to use to get an exact line . |
23 | The mass is apparently about right , and the Z o has appeared at just the right frequency . |
24 | Neither should one underrate the rig 's ability to work well with a processor in order to create the kind of modern guitar sounds which , in a mix , are voiced at exactly the right point to cut through … |
25 | Even more amazing is how they managed to arrive at just the right place , and at just the right day and hour required , when not even Charles himself knew where he and his men would be . |
26 | On television , detective series end at just the right moment , after the criminal has been caught and before the courts turn him loose . |
27 | Anchorians peaked at just the right time to win Division A of the Peroni League , while Oxford University have one of the country 's best outdoor coaches pulling the strings . |
28 | It also illustrates the fact that the Conservative government are yet again lagging behind even the right wing and Christian democratic parties in Europe and are utterly isolated in their unwillingness to contemplate electoral change of any kind . |
29 | So you 're not standing in quite the right place . |
30 | I like the idea of the sort of archways looking out to the right letting light sort of fall in and it , and make a nice pool of light ideal for somebody who 's standing , but he 's not standing in quite the right place . |