Example sentences of "[was/were] [pers pn] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were you right when the worst thing that this |
| 2 | Were we right did he give a free kick ? |
| 3 | Were they right in their deliberations ? |
| 4 | For the layman , the question that matters is was she right ? |
| 5 | Yes , it did reveal an interest in her , but was she right in thinking it was a sexual one ? |
| 6 | Was it simply curiosity — or did it go deeper than that , and was she right to have this strange feeling of apprehension ? |
| 7 | Was he right ? |
| 8 | Was he right ? |
| 9 | Was he right at the back . |
| 10 | Was he right ? |
| 11 | Was he right then when he told the people of Scotland , ’ Do n't vote for the proposals of the Labour party because they do not contain any responsibility for raising revenue . |
| 12 | Was he right — about what he 'd just said ? |
| 13 | Was he right after all ? |
| 14 | Now that the sport was re-established in its place of origin , was it right to suppose a return to the pagan ways of unbridled pleasure and carnal gratification ? |
| 15 | He said : ‘ My stand was that even if Kimberly was their biological daughter , was it right to put her through this ? ’ |
| 16 | Was it right for me to assume that I would remain senior partner until retirement ? |
| 17 | There was little social justice in a system whereby simony could dictate the duration of one 's time in purgatory ; was it right that only the rich could secure such release ? |
| 18 | But was it right to argue that British banking suffers from overcapacity ? |
| 19 | Most surprising of all , at a quarterly delegate meeting at the end of 1873 , " it was generally held that there could be no reasonable objection to their [ women 's ] employment to a certain extent ; the main point in dispute being , was it right to put a limit on their number and … to what extent and how to apply the rule " . |
| 20 | Was it right ? |
| 21 | Was it right , Mrs Grandison asked herself , that she should stand while men sat ? |
| 22 | Was it right to present this all at one time to the boards for them to pick and chose , or should practical issues , such as board operations , have been introduced first , before asking them to consider larger educational issues ? |
| 23 | ‘ Was it right to criticise her for being , as you thought , unkind , and then be even more unkind yourself ? |
| 24 | But was it right ? |
| 25 | Why was it right to train a fellow and you knew , or you felt that , you could not go to the flight commander or the wing commander and say a think this fellow should go down the pits , " or a think we should remuster him to the Army or the Navy " . |
| 26 | Was it right down her back was it ? |