Example sentences of "[vb past] the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the actual impetus to ‘ act ’ only came when I met the right people in the right context … that is , Gerry and Amitha and the rest of the Working Party . |
| 2 | As Daphne said this there flashed into Cecilia 's mind that conversation with Tina , that terrible thing Tina had said , and another thought , one that seemed to swim up out of the deep waters of her unconscious , the idea that she , Cecilia Darne , yes , she , had once long ago met the right girl , and here was that right girl talking to her now of something , oh , so akin to what Tina meant … |
| 3 | I never met the right woman . |
| 4 | " I know you 're a faggot and everything but I 'll tell you what the problem is : you just never met the right guy . |
| 5 | I made him take me on a bit farther at the risk of him thinking I lacked the right sexual tactics . |
| 6 | Judge Wroath applied the right test in deciding whether or not the mother was unreasonably withholding her consent . |
| 7 | Perhaps H. G. Wells made the right choice when he cast octopus-like animals in the role of intelligent alien invaders in The War of the Worlds . |
| 8 | If any wonder whether they made the right decision to come home and marry a British man , Dolly Howard who danced round the world had the wittiest appreciation of the difference between the continental men and the boys back home : |
| 9 | It may be that you receive praise for a piece of work well done , and suddenly you feel that you made the right decision to leave the family home and strike out on your own . |
| 10 | Toulon coach Jean-Claude Balatore made the right assessment ; while Biarritz had the men to hold their own in the line-out , neither Ondarts nor his mate Condom — despite their impressive international records — had the stomach for a ferocious challenge up front . |
| 11 | Anfield 's record-breaking striker is certain that neither Blackburn Rovers ' financial clout nor their present League position can ever console the Scot that he made the right decision on that dramatic day in February 1991 . |
| 12 | ‘ I think we made the right decision , but it is a grey area . |
| 13 | With Marlboro 's backing , McLaren made the right decision : Hunt could continue to be himself . |
| 14 | Obviously , I think he made the right decision . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't think I made the right decision , I know I did . ’ |
| 16 | The 24-year-old star could have left in the summer but insisted : ‘ I know I made the right decision to stay . ’ |
| 17 | He added : ‘ I 'm happy I made the right decision to go back . |
| 18 | ‘ I can see I made the right choice , ’ James said . |
| 19 | ‘ I have changed my appearance considerably since I was with the Black June but it seems I made the right decision after all . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No , it is n't Matthew , although I pray he made the right decision . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll have a lot of time to go back over the past in the coming years , I suppose , wonder whether I made the right choices at the right time . ’ |
| 22 | I had never previously been to a race where this had happened but the race jury undoubtedly made the right decision . |
| 23 | ‘ I made the right decision , ’ he added grimly . |
| 24 | If the right hon. Gentleman begins to listen to what many employers elsewhere in Europe are saying , he will learn that they recognise that we made the right decisions . |
| 25 | History has shown that he made the right choice . |
| 26 | Some of it was clearly new to them , and er , they made the right responses . |
| 27 | And it surely is som something that the people of Wiltshire can be glad that they made the right decisions in May , that they have n't got that administration , |
| 28 | ‘ You really do think I made the right choice ? ’ she asked anxiously . |
| 29 | LEADING scorer Paul Wilkinson , who saw a move to Blackburn collapse last year , yesterday insisted : ‘ I made the right choice in joining Middlesbrough when I left Watford . ’ |
| 30 | And , as he enters the last week of a career which spans more than 30 years , he knows he made the right choice . |