Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | News of the victory spread as the clans began to muster at the appointed time at Glenfinnan , which , with the mountains rising all around the tranquil waters of the loch , provided an intensely dramatic setting for the formal beginning of the campaign . |
| 2 | And young Paul Daly , the son of Brian , had a rather one-sided 21-10 win over Martin McHugh of Carrickfergus in the under-25 singles semi-final after McHugh selected to drive at the wrong time , which was right up Daly 's street . |
| 3 | Suddenly , she knew that her aunt 's news had come at the perfect time . |
| 4 | Conchis was no more than the chance agent , the event that had come at the right time ; just as in the old days I might , after a celibate term at Oxford , have met a girl and begun an affaire with her , I had begun something exciting with him . |
| 5 | Aunt Fosters had died at the right time . |