Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pron] [verb] the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 2 | I do n't know if I did the right thing , either . |
| 3 | You can occasionally pick up such things at local auctions , but it is largely a matter of searching until you find the right one at the right price . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You can avoid being contaminated if you have the right protective cover and use protective gloves , ’ said Pooley . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm happy to help if it means the right thing is done by poor Harriet . |
| 7 | I never have it 's mine actually I told them they have to be very careful , I 'm wondering if they put the right size in , excuse me can you go right out the way |
| 8 | The field outside is full of foxes and rabbits but none of them will be preserved because you need the right conditions . |
| 9 | Encore Computer Corp must be wondering whether it did the right thing in selling the Annex server product line to Xylogics Inc . |
| 10 | Well what used to be simple and straightforward now leaves you with th wondering whether you got the right card in your pocket |
| 11 | We 're good at problem solving , we 're really chal , excuse me , we 're really challenged when we have the right amount of stress for us . |
| 12 | ‘ Through one acquisition or a combination of acquisitions , I would like to be in excess of $100m in revenue in Italy when we go into next year , but that will only happen if we find the right match . |
| 13 | It must be an awful strain for the parents not knowing if they have the right baby . ’ |
| 14 | Some policy-makers also wonder if they did the right thing in opting for ‘ managed competition ’ . |
| 15 | 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 : |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He does if he has the right people and financial backing behind him . |
| 18 | Racehorses , helicopters ; both needed hands responsive to the messages reaching them , and both would usually go where you wanted if you sent the right messages back . |
| 19 | Darwin succeeded where earlier evolutionists had failed because he had the right solution to the problem of explaining how populations actually change in response to environmental pressure . |