Example sentences of "that [noun] have been right [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Of course John , her husband , told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes : they just had n't come to her notice , so she had to eat humble pie .
2 The other two grown-ups would see that Maman had been right in her judgement .
3 Its existence demonstrated for Engels that Marx had been right in arguing that commonality was the oldest form of social existence .
4 Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran .
5 On March 21st , a despatch from Falkenhayn admitted that Rupprecht had been right about the British not being able to take the offensive , and at the same time it ordered the withdrawal of three of his divisions for the general reserve .
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