Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [art] right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Laura Davies was struggling with a right hand injured in a cricketing accident on the eve of the tournament , registering a 79 in the first round , Pam Wright was putting together the most meticulous of level-par 73s . |
| 2 | His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand . |
| 3 | We have argued that even broadcasting was biased towards the right wing and , separately , towards the government of the day . |
| 4 | Our content analysis of television during the election campaign seems to suggest that television was biased towards the right wing and , separately , towards the government of the day . |
| 5 | Similarly teams of medical advisers were brought down to William Osborne to inspect and comment on the level and location of medical equipment so that as the boat was built the right equipment was installed in the right place . |
| 6 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 7 | A graphics display screen could be used to switch rapidly from one map to another ; this would have the advantage of economy ( in that costly high-quality paper maps would not be needed by each participant ) and would be one way of ensuring that everyone was looking at the right map at any particular time . |
| 8 | Northampton back Hunter was named on the right wing to face South Africa after his sensational two-try debut against Canada at Wembley . |
| 9 | The three-year-old collie , Bob , was stabbed in the right eye and hit across the head with an iron pipe . |
| 10 | He was one of the people who actually made the series , but I have to say that I never thought his career was channelled in the right direction . |
| 11 | He was searching for the right doctor — he meant a doctor for his soul — and kept falling into the hands of quacks . |
| 12 | ‘ Launch ’ is an apt term : it was never his intention to control or manipulate the Council , for it was a sovereign body under his presidency ; his duty was to see that it was heading in the right direction . |
| 13 | We might well have to wait for six months before we found a prahu which was heading in the right direction . |
| 14 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |
| 15 | He warned Margaret Thatcher , as she prepares for a Commonwealth heads of government conference next week where the issue of sanctions on South Africa is expected to be central , against insisting that ‘ the regime ’ was moving in the right direction . |
| 16 | With most of 1962 and 1963 taken up with stage , television and film work , Crawford could reflect that his career was moving in the right direction . |
| 17 | As far as Veronica Totteridge was concerned , Theodora was staying at the right house , riding the right sort of horse . |
| 18 | TTX was injected into the right eye of P10 rats and both optic nerves were examined 2 days later , as described in Fig. 1 . |
| 19 | Winning team captain Mike Kemp says : ‘ It was all good fun and every game was played in the right spirit . |
| 20 | The republican state was undermined by the right wing counter reforms which eased the road to violence . |
| 21 | ‘ All you 'd ‘ ave to do is stand in front of 'em and ‘ ope the wind was blowin' in the right direction . ’ |
| 22 | I was hit on the right leg and nearly fell . |
| 23 | A 10 cm fish was removed from the right bronchus and the boy made a full recovery . |
| 24 | Once again Taylor was afflicted by the right back curse . |
| 25 | In all 15 sign languages HELP was signed with the right hand lifting and moving forward the left hand , forearm or elbow . |
| 26 | Three more lids were shut and boxes returned home and finally a large pinch of the selected substance was taken to the right nostril , another to the left . |
| 27 | In the United States MacArthur was identified with the right wing of the Republican Party with condemnation of Franklin D. Roosevelt 's New Deal for its ‘ socialistic ’ tendencies . |
| 28 | The pressure in the rear tailcone of the fuselage reached 5.5 psi and a sudden pressure surge of 4.12 psi was recorded inside the right tailplane . |
| 29 | At least it showed that the girl 's mind was working in the right direction . |
| 30 | Five minutes before the procedure a pulse oximeter ( Model 7840 , Konitron instruments , UK ) was attached to the right index finger , and a blood pressure cuff for automated readings ( Dinamap 1846SX , Critikon , UK ) to the right arm . |