Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He clearly has n't achieved the right balance between ‘ mental skills ’ and exploratory delivery of those skills into meaningful situations . |
| 2 | ‘ He did not fit into Cheltenham and he did not make the right impression , ’ he said . |
| 3 | She complained that it was not feminine — a woman should show off her waist — and therefore did not convey the right image . |
| 4 | I telephoned Burakovsky , who ordered the child to be brought in , examined her , but said there was nothing they could do because , unfortunately , they did not have the right kind of specialists . |
| 5 | The mayor continued his address , but he did not have the right answers . |
| 6 | He was due to be put down because he did not have the right ears for a show class pedigree corgi . |
| 7 | The report suggested that it was not the ultimate loser 's fault that the judge at first instance and the Court of Appeal did not get the right answers , and that the loser should not be liable for the appellate costs . |
| 8 | The organisers did not provide the right equipment for the Stourbridge band . |
| 9 | Cooking for one can sometimes be a dreary business , and many elderly people on their own do not eat the right types of food to maintain health . |
| 10 | We can not of course attract and keep customers if we do not produce what they want to buy , if we do not control costs , if we do not hire the right kind of people , or if we fail to motivate them . |
| 11 | Other animals living today are , in some sense , failed evolutionary experiments that approximate to us but do not reach the right level . |
| 12 | But in an election the facts speak for themselves ; if you do not get the right message across to the right people , you lose . |
| 13 | yeah , if a single carriageway or has four more lanes , do not use the right hand path , you use that one and that one , but do n't use them two |
| 14 | And if we do not have the right drugs for a particular adjustment , research on orthodox lines will often find one . |
| 15 | Our problem is not that we have the wrong answers to particular doubts but that we do not have the right attitude to doubt in general . |
| 16 | He believes that companies such as Philips , Polly Peck and Brent Walker suffered ‘ because they do not have the right information systems ’ . |
| 17 | In addition , there are some excellent hypnotherapists who just do not have the right personality to work in the field of past-life regression — and , of course , there are others who simply do not wish to . |
| 18 | As Christmas and birthdays brought more Gortex , my confidence grew and developed into mild snootiness about people who did n't wear the right things on the hill . |
| 19 | Erm er I was concerned when my Noble Friend said that he 'd looked up Hallsbury but that it did n't contain the right words , er er I rather wonder whether he looked up so to speak the right version or the last version . |
| 20 | We we were brought up to believe that if you did n't do the right thing you would be punished . |
| 21 | Shall we just say that I did n't meet the right woman ? |
| 22 | Caught it … but did n't catch the right part of it … |
| 23 | Slippery Elm you see you had to tape it down to a fine point and then insert it you see , and if you did n't get the right place well it 'd kill you . |
| 24 | And to point out to her now that she did n't know the right thing to do when visiting people like the Kirkleys would be , in a way , against the advice she had just given her , although it was n't to do with talking ; more like behaviour and deportment or some such . |
| 25 | When Clark had to hire someone to become chief executive of the new regulatory authority , the Treasury gave him a list of nine admirals , seventeen generals and six air marshals and told him they 'd be disappointed if he did n't find the right chap among them . |
| 26 | Mark says he was accompanied to the flat , but then realised he did n't have the right keys … he claims he offered to find Graham , but the officers broke in straight . |
| 27 | ‘ Tyres could have really held me back this year if I did n't have the right ones . ’ |
| 28 | TOP motorcycle ace Andy McGladdery faced a second operation because red-faced doctors did n't have the right tools to remove screws pinning his leg . |
| 29 | They stared at the floor for a few seconds then said ‘ You 'll have to come back because we did n't have the right tools . ’ ’ |
| 30 | Really it is a Cold & Eroded Crack in the Earth 's Crust ; however , Cold & Eroded Crack in the Earth 's Crust National Park just did n't have the right sound for luring Japanese yen , German marks and , should the occasion ever arise , British pounds and Zambian kwachas . |