Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the right [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't like the title , it 's probably done for the right reasons but … well … |
| 2 | There was an area of bruising below the right eye but , although it was recent , Wycliffe felt sure that it had been inflicted some time before death — probably the day before . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're going in the right direction but I do n't know where the piste has got to . ’ |
| 4 | Sir Hector said : ‘ There was a general acceptance that we have to get things moving in the right direction but it is not easy to find a quick solution . ’ |
| 5 | She was in a lift and the lift would n't stop at the right floor but kept going first up and then down , past the numbers she wanted . |
| 6 | So I would say that the North Yorkshire er figure in summary , goes in the right direction but not far enough . |