Example sentences of "[adj] thing at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I felt I had won several different things at the same time , including my war against the Portuguese Federation .
2 I felt two different things at the same time .
3 You will otherwise feel frustrated if you try to tackle different things at the same time .
4 If we 'd done the wrong things at the wrong time , it could have been the end of Cowley .
5 Yet it seems they keep doing the wrong thing at the wrong time , according to the papers .
6 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 .
7 The babies were developing properly and being well stimulated and doing the right things at the right age and they were really coping well .
8 ‘ It was the right thing at the right time .
9 ‘ Having the bump out the front was so obviously the right thing at the right time .
10 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 .
11 An officer 's doing the right thing at the right time is taken for granted .
12 When I 'm drinking a glass of water , I 'm drinking a glass of water and not thinking about five other things at the same time .
13 Perhaps he was thinking of other things at the same time .
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