Example sentences of "place [prep] the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The various experiments taking place at the present time in the use of graded tests ( for example in the Borough of Croydon ) tend to show that this form of examination would , in all kinds of ways , be preferable to the system we have . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Basler have a knack of being in the right place at the right time for acquiring military disposals , their ramp is currently full for former Canadian Armed Forces Daks , awaiting their turn for conversion . |
| 4 | They 're the people who press all the buttons to make sure that Central 's programmes , commercials and trailers are in the right place at the right time for you to watch . |
| 5 | A lot of the work in this field is logistical : getting the right people to the right place at the right time with the right equipment . |
| 6 | The trials of the Birmingham Six and the Guildford Four , provide damning evidence of the state 's corrupt disregard for the rights of innocent people unfortunate to be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong kind of Irish accent . |
| 7 | Fate had put her in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man . |
| 8 | ‘ My husband was a very good poet , as you know , but he was unlucky , one of those people who are always in the wrong place at the wrong time in his career . |
| 9 | And yet we often find that examinations take place at the very time of year when there is most likelihood of a heatwave . |