Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [prep] the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exercise went far to establish his credentials in the right quarters . |
| 2 | The respondent was alleged to have grappled the father of the young man around the neck and pushed him away so violently that he fell and cut his head above the right eye . |
| 3 | Eventually his father moved on to the pitch and , seizing his son by the right ear , dragged him back into a fielding position . |
| 4 | He patted his hair to the right state of fluffiness , turned his trousers up the right amount of cuff , gave a quick loving look . |
| 5 | he 's got his heart on the right instead of his left , the liver on the left instead of the right , the appendix on the left instead of the right and other internal organs possibly |
| 6 | They may ask the husband to say how he feels , then question the wife about that answer , checking with him if she has understood his meaning in the right way . |
| 7 | Carrickcruppin 's Keith Quigley gets his chance in the right corner of the defence , while in the last line of attack Shane McConville and Barry O'Hagan have been included , alongside the experienced Kieran McGurk . |
| 8 | He worked his way down the right side of the road . |
| 9 | His foot and leg movements improved immeasurably , and his walking gait became more normal as he learned to swing his leg in the right pattern . |
| 10 | Fielding ( I noticed ) cut his veal in the normal way , but then passed his fork to the right hand to prong the meat . |
| 11 | I can only apologize , we 'll try and get his legs on the right way again when he comes back from Spain . |
| 12 | If she put an ashtray in the wrong place , she 'd get beaten up ; if she never put his paper in the right place , she 'd get beaten up ; if he came in from work and his dinner was n't on the table , she 'd get beaten up . |
| 13 | That is probably why he needs to hold a general election , to get his clothes on the right way . |
| 14 | He patted his hair to the right state of fluffiness , turned his trousers up the right amount of cuff , gave a quick loving look . |