Example sentences of "[vb past] at the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all came at the right time , she said , at exactly the right time . |
| 2 | ‘ You came at the right time to save me and Hawkins . ’ |
| 3 | Sometimes Julia accompanied her , and as they travelled home one day Carrie said thoughtfully , ‘ You know I never wished Ma dead , Julie , but I 've got to admit her death came at the right time for me . |
| 4 | It came at the right time . |
| 5 | Ghandi came at the right time , you know . |
| 6 | The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task . |
| 7 | With correct positioning , to ensure the join came at the right point with the stairs , and a generous overlap , we could cut the correct angle through both . |
| 8 | Say you were too tired this morning to remember to ask for permission to get up early to meet me and then woke at the right time and did n't want to let me down . |
| 9 | When he arrived at the right house he checked the number carefully against his piece of paper . |
| 10 | We just hit at the right moment and from that week onwards , at least 90 people turned up every week . |
| 11 | If you play back a recording of the rehearsal , consider whether you spoke at the right pace , and particularly whether you made an impressive pause at the right moment . |
| 12 | ‘ I left at the right time as I felt the band had run out of ideas and it was becoming motivated by the wrong things . |
| 13 | Some halted at the right time and others did n't , resulting in a bit of a rugger scrum . |