Example sentences of "the [adj] time [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 In the meantime , he eventually sold the Company as its peak in 1987 , he had made another small fortune , and with some 30 aeroplanes and 80 pilots on the books he felt it was the right time to let it go .
2 ‘ You came at the right time to save me and Hawkins . ’
3 ‘ We were very lucky when we first came over , ’ acknowledges Niall with a hearty slug of purified H 2 O. ‘ We did n't know what was going on in London , we were just here at the right time to entertain everyone .
4 There are so many versions of it already , and now does n't seem the right time to do it — I think I would rather wait until I was more established , and have something different to say about it . ’
5 That 's the right time to do it Lynda , to win the game
6 I should n't worry about it in this wind , anyway it 's not the right time to do it in the wind , as cold as this , is it really ?
7 Life in this part of Poland is changing rapidly and now is the right time to see it and to meet the Polish people who live here or those on holiday from the cities .
8 KEREN : Do you think , perchance , this is the right time to reveal our true identity ?
9 KEREN : Do you think , perchance , this is the right time to reveal our true identity ?
10 The chief executive may know what change is needed , but has to wait for the right time to introduce it .
11 it existed , in reality , because Ford needed something special to tempt people into their showrooms and Shelby was in the right place at the right time to provide it .
12 But she hands over the money because this is not the right time to fight him .
13 He had been in and out of love , but never found quite the right girl at quite the right time to make him a wife .
14 I simply used the extra time to polish them a little . ’
15 I saw it twice , the second time to see what I 'd missed through racked sobs the first time .
16 GUIL for the second time cuts him off . )
17 In the event that it is apparent that the case will , in fact , be contested , either because liability is to be denied or because the parties are too far apart in their assessment of the issues in dispute , now is the appropriate time to consider what further evidence is required for the Proof and whether the evidence that is available is adequate and sufficient for its purpose .
18 Sometimes , however , they prefer not to appear to be opposed , claiming to be generally sympathetic to the proposal , differing only on the appropriate time to bring it forward .
19 It 's the perfect time to wear it , especially in those lovely vibrant autumn colours .
20 Winter is the ideal time to install it , as plants are dormant .
21 Now is the ideal time to review your total eating behaviour and your exercise habits .
22 The more time to see it approach .
23 Charles was left for the first time to conduct his own strategy in Aquitaine , no doubt with Judith to help him .
24 Trusts for the first time made it easy to create a right in a person who would have been a third party at civil law .
25 ‘ It is interesting when I bring someone like Rodney Marsh here for the first time to see his reaction .
26 She was not accustomed to ask questions , and obeyed ; Dinah accompanied her , saw her seated in the chair , the anaesthetic given , and the extraction begun ; then for the first time let her own mind admit the possibility that Paul 's illness might have some such origin , that she herself had in that case been the wife of a syphilitic for years , and might have caught it ; that she might lose her face or her mind ; that Robin had inherited it ; and now —
27 Launched by the Princess of Wales in 1988 , the hospice entered the Awards for the first time using its 1990 accounts which covered its first operational year with a full complement of staff .
28 The first time saw you with Clapton , you just used a guitar straight into a Boogie .
29 For many , the thought of leaving their parents for the first time left them subdued .
30 It also ratified ordinances which allowed various crafts for the first time to organize their activities .
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