Example sentences of "[adj] thing at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we 'd done the wrong things at the wrong time , it could have been the end of Cowley . |
| 2 | Yet it seems they keep doing the wrong thing at the wrong time , according to the papers . |
| 3 | Language , by not replacing the signified thing at the supposed centre of the structure it has created , discredits the idea of there being a centre at all . |
| 4 | Although he lacked any deep personal convictions , Vologsky had always trod the path of least resistance , done the right things at the right times . |
| 5 | The babies were developing properly and being well stimulated and doing the right things at the right age and they were really coping well . |
| 6 | ‘ It was the right thing at the right time . |
| 7 | ‘ Having the bump out the front was so obviously the right thing at the right time . |
| 8 | Yet on the other hand , for the counsellor to be too conscious of saying the right thing at the right time in every situation represents a state of mind that can only hamper the counselling process . |
| 9 | An officer 's doing the right thing at the right time is taken for granted . |