Example sentences of "[be] [adv] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | So the men had to be there at the right time you had t ? |
2 | He seemed to be there at the right time . ’ |
3 | But he had been there at the right time , he had acted swiftly and effectively and she was alive . |
4 | The remaining four had all been backstage at the relevant time , or could have been , but the motives Charles had managed to dredge up for them did n't survive close scrutiny . |
5 | I am not saying anything about the short or long-ball game , only what is right at the proper time . |
6 | He appealed to any member of the public who had been in the neighbourhood of the deceased 's home at the critical time to come forward . |
7 | We work with about 60 women a year , and I know many of them would genuinely say that at the start they were unemployable , that they could have gone back to drugs , ended up back in prison , but they did n't because Clean Break was there at the right time for them , to give them the opportunities they needed . |
8 | Elaborate preparations had been made for a meeting between the two kings at Gloucester : King Malcolm was there at the appointed time , but Rufus refused to see him , and the two parted , in the Chronicler 's words ‘ in great enmity ’ . |