Example sentences of "[noun] at the right time [conj] " in BNC.

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1 His achievement was thus in a real sense an imaginative one , and so much was he the right man in the right place at the right time that his procedures and opinions were never seriously gainsaid .
2 ‘ There 's no pecking order , it 's who is in the right place at the right time and who is the strongest , ’ he says .
3 For a change I was in the right place at the right time and got a job , with housing , at the Folger Theatre in Washington DC .
4 A murder weapon had been discovered in Parkin 's desk , David Parkin had been in the right place at the right time and he had a conceivable motive to kill the television reporter .
5 Paul Bodin says he 's been lucky … he 's been in the right place at the right time and has managed to take the chances …
6 You must also have practised these moves in a variety of combinations , using a small punchbag as a target , until you can automatically use the right move at the right time and distance .
7 Not just meeting the right person at the right time but also developing at the same pace so that you both have the same needs and expectations from life at roughly the same time .
8 Skill is one of the most important elements in the champion 's make-up , because if he ca n't perform the right technique at the right time and in the right way , he will never make it to the winner 's rostrum .
9 The unpredictable English weather meant that delivering the leaves at the right time and at exactly the right stage of development for silkworms to thrive on them was impossible .
10 But any doubts about Dick Tracy being the right film at the right time or reservations over whether Breathless Mahoney is the right part for the 31-year-old star are dispelled in the first ten minutes of the movie .
11 Having decided that basic fact , the real problem is getting to the chosen position at the right time and without being shut out by other yachts .
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