Example sentences of "[adj] thing [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we 'd done the wrong things at the wrong time , it could have been the end of Cowley . |
| 2 | Yet it seems they keep doing the wrong thing at the wrong time , according to the papers . |
| 3 | ‘ It was the right thing at the right time . |
| 4 | ‘ Having the bump out the front was so obviously the right thing at the right time . |
| 5 | Yet on the other hand , for the counsellor to be too conscious of saying the right thing at the right time in every situation represents a state of mind that can only hamper the counselling process . |
| 6 | An officer 's doing the right thing at the right time is taken for granted . |
| 7 | When sequences are similar the team will indicate their preferences so a rough cut can be made by the editor , who joins all the desired sequences together and cuts the whole thing to the exact time . |