Example sentences of "[prep] the right time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But much of Operation Gemini is about surveilance , observing known criminals and waiting for the right time to move in and make arrests , of which there have been more than a hundred and twenty since the operation started four weeks ago . |
| 2 | The chief executive may know what change is needed , but has to wait for the right time to introduce it . |
| 3 | There was a clear appreciation of the right time to strike . |
| 4 | Yet they all move together in the right way at the right time to carry out part of a complicated manoeuvre . |
| 5 | He moves forward minimally , to the right place , at the right time to maximise this . |
| 6 | They had found a witness who confirmed that one of their prime suspects had left the party at the right time to murder Nicola . |
| 7 | ‘ You came at the right time to save me and Hawkins . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Since fertilisation is external , with the male 's sperm being shed over the eggs as they are laid , amplexus ensures that the male is in the right place at the right time to fertilise the eggs . |
| 10 | Then he landed in Oxford just at the right time to go out to the factory and it was open , and you had to get your car as soon as you could and see that everything was all right . |
| 11 | If your wedding guests are not seated in a reception hall but milling around a hotel or house your problem is to ensure that everyone is gathered in the right place at the right time to hear the speeches . |
| 12 | Because of that , it is important that we take the right steps at the right time to ensure the right results . |
| 13 | So the criminals move freely around the galaxy , pursing their profession , and the FedPol must swallow its frustration and hope one day to be in the right place at the right time to catch a big-time wrong-doer in the act . |
| 14 | Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it . |
| 15 | 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 . |