Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without any recourse to molecular interpretation Boltzmann proposed that " the forces which act on the surface of an elementary parallelepiped at the given time but also on the previous extensions , with the promise that the longer the time since they took place the smaller their effect . " |
| 2 | It all came at the right time , she said , at exactly the right time . |
| 3 | ‘ You came at the right time to save me and Hawkins . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It came at the right time . |
| 6 | Ghandi came at the right time , you know . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Yes , just happened at the wrong time . |
| 9 | It required but a single coincidence , whereby an apparent answer to a prayer arrived at the appropriate time , to make him believe that his objects of supplication had powers beyond himself , and had brought him relief . |
| 10 | Mare covered at the wrong time . |
| 11 | B. T. Some of the inspectors always appeared at the wrong time . |
| 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 . |