Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since our beliefs strongly influence our actions , getting them right is socially very important , and therefore the freedom to question received wisdom , especially in fields that affect the behaviour of large numbers of people is , indeed , in the liberal view , a hugely important means , if not a vital precondition , of ensuring that ‘ the interests of weaker individuals and groups ’ are not harmed by ‘ the irresponsible attitudes and actions of the more powerful ’ . |
| 2 | The way we 've been getting them right ever since 1850 . |
| 3 | It is much cheaper to spend a little longer thinking about them beforehand and getting them right the first time rather than the second , third or fourth time around . |
| 4 | The F-Plan 's extra filling power can most help you by getting you right to slim-weight target . |
| 5 | However , the critical few moments at the start of the launch are not always fully understood , and often there is an element of luck in getting it right . |
| 6 | Follow it — it is an Orange Brick Road , which proves how close you can come to a real advertising coup without quite getting it right : I wonder if the café serves 6-Up — and it will lead you to the Great Geysir . |
| 7 | The real ballgame is getting it right , building something up . |
| 8 | You need flexibility to change tack if you are not getting it right . |
| 9 | You do n't think about anything else apart from getting it right in front of the cameras . ’ |
| 10 | With the diving you 've got a few decisions to make — some things to avoid , some personal choice — and it 's worth getting it right . |
| 11 | Plans for 1984 therefore went ahead , and in May ‘ Activities for Children ’ was the topic for the day at Bromley ; ‘ Getting it right : Library Services to Teenagers ’ was the programme for Bexley ; and ‘ Learning about learning to read ’ is planned for October session in Croydon . |
| 12 | A professional photographer 's livelihood is dependent on getting it right the first time and most are members of either the Master Photographers Association or the British Institute of Professional Photography . |
| 13 | Mind you , given the A2 's remarkable programming capability there really would n't be much of an excuse for not getting it right . |
| 14 | They consulted deaf women and their interpreters , and re-evaluated their work , to make sure they were getting it right . |
| 15 | Whether you feel in need of a change of image or affirmation that you 're getting it right , top style consultants from Public Persona will leave you buzzing with new ideas and eager to experiment . |
| 16 | We may have been bombarded by our parents with many messages like ‘ You must try harder ’ and ‘ You 're not getting it right . ’ |
| 17 | For the first time in her life she was doing something for herself ; doing it without help from anyone , and what was more , she was getting it right . |
| 18 | Another watch over , another day of getting it right . |
| 19 | Gazing straight ahead , only half-aware of a world outside the claustrophobic comfort of the car , of Massingham 's hands stroking the wheel , the almost soundless changing of the gears , the pattern of traffic lights , he deliberately let his mind slip free of the present and of all the conjecture about what lay ahead , and remembered , by an exercise of mental recall , as if something important depended on his getting it right , every moment of that last meeting with the dead man . |
| 20 | Whatever their state of readiness and interest , each lesson is a constant stream of decision-making , and of matters of judgement , both large and small , about situations that are unprecedented , and for which there is insufficient time and usually not enough available information to be sure of getting it right . |
| 21 | Getting it right |
| 22 | Erm just remembering say I had to put four O Hs with N H , I was sometimes I was getting it right sometimes I was getting it wrong and stuff like that . |
| 23 | And because if you 're just looking at every word separately everything lo you 've got to learn so many things have n't you if you can pot the patterns and then you can start having a a guess at what it might be and getting it right most of the time and then you gradually learn them as you go along . |
| 24 | Stella was torn between getting it right and being manhandled by Meredith . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're getting it right slowly , ’ shrugs Howard . |
| 26 | Not getting it right first time . |
| 27 | you 're most of the time you 're getting it right cos this is just making the right sort of guess and you 're seeing the sort of When it gets to the awkward ones y you 're just sort of Well maybe it 's that , maybe its something else . |
| 28 | Like many other companies , it has recently instituted a ‘ total quality management ’ drive with a view to ‘ getting it right first time ’ . |
| 29 | A friendly , efficient service aimed at getting it right first time . |
| 30 | She focused all her concentration on getting it right , not daring to look at Nathan , or even to think about what would happen next . |