Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much worse to begin too soon and reach the end too quickly , typed Goldberg , squinting at the manuscript before him , than to begin at the right time and reach the end too quickly . |
| 2 | Much worse to begin too soon and feel one has begun too soon than to begin at the right time and discover one has nothing to begin . |
| 3 | The main problem with MI6 at the time was that all the senior people were amateurs who had joined MI6 only because they had gone to the right school , wore the right sort of tie and dined at the right clubs . |
| 4 | It is useful , when several people have to get together to collaborate on an activity , to make one of them responsible for seeing that this is done and done at the right time . |
| 5 | I believe that she had , as she said , seen every point that I had wished to make , and had laughed and cried at the right places . |
| 6 | They just want something that runs about and barks at the right times . |
| 7 | You have to follow the rules and work at the right pace to make it work . |
| 8 | But getting at the right information , and making sense of it , is increasingly difficult . |