Example sentences of "in the [adj] place at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | From that moment , I never doubted that God had put the right man , Vitalis , in the right place at the appropriate time . |
| 3 | The week Donald White was shot , New York saw eight similar deaths : black students , good kids in the right place at the wrong moment . |
| 4 | But they just exhausted themselves after all these years — and I was in the right place at the right time , so they all settled on me to direct it . |
| 5 | We reckon that both Angoras will become our favourite places to stay in Bodrum , in the right place at the right price . |
| 6 | But there 's lots of wildlife around , if you happen to be in the right place at the right time , and not singing a Betty Boo number at the top of your voice . |
| 7 | Being in the right place at the right time is all important in fishing , and living on the doorstep of the river gave me the advantage . |
| 8 | He could serve up waves in the right place at the right time — or not . |
| 9 | We expect Jesus to be in the right place at the right time , therefore his choosing of male apostles was quite deliberate , which must have theological significance and definite implications for the ministry today . |
| 10 | You have to be in the right place at the right time , you hear there 's a place going , then you grab it . ’ |
| 11 | In this arcade adventure the aim is to collect the correct objects and drop them in the right place at the right time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I was just in the right place at the right time , I guess . |
| 14 | The parents had to be able to present a full defence , he said , and if the whole case had been heard in Inverness , it would have been almost impossible to fully safeguard their interests and get everybody in the right place at the right time . |
| 15 | but Mr Clinton was the right man in the right place at the right time . |
| 16 | It has been said that what made John F Kennedy great was that he was the right man in the right place at the right time . |
| 17 | It means grasping opportunities and being in the right place at the right time . |
| 18 | ‘ There are days like that and it is a matter of making sure you are in the right place at the right time . |
| 19 | ‘ There 's no pecking order , it 's who is in the right place at the right time and who is the strongest , ’ he says . |
| 20 | His first two were classic cases of being in the right place at the right time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He could be in the right place at the right time when top jobs come up for grabs next summer . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not being modest about it , but I was lucky to be in the right place at the vital moment ’ , he says . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It is sour grapes , they say , because the candidates no doubt sent in many copies of their CV without response ; fell by the wayside in competition with better candidates ; failed to convince the would-be employer that they were right for the job ; or were just plain unlucky and not in the right place at the right time . |
| 26 | Yet he proved to be the right man in the right place at the right time . |
| 27 | Glenn , who has one daughter and two grand-daughters , said he was very impressed with the NHS but thinks his was a case of being in the right place at the right time . |
| 28 | They included , roughly speaking , the earth 's London face being away from the sun for a time , the absence of any light source like that of the sun , in the right place at the right time , and conditions having to do with the behaviour of light . |
| 29 | Earlier that year he had met a merchant from London who had money to spare and was looking for a likely speculation and Harry , being in the right place at the right time for once , had sold him the idea of investing in a privateering cruise to the Americas . |
| 30 | Like policing , it is also a matter of flair , of the ability to be in the right place at the right time . |