Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [prep] the right " in BNC.
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1 | I am dealing with the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East . |
2 | ‘ I am come to the right house , then , ’ Theda retorted . |
3 | But first of all in terms of a precedency attitude I hope I 'm looking in the right place ? |
4 | I 'm getting into the right positions , but I 've got to start finishing them off . ’ |
5 | I 'm waiting for the right moment . ’ |
6 | I 'm going to the right place now . |
7 | Thought well at least I 'm heading in the right direction you know . |
8 | I was hit on the right leg and nearly fell . |
9 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |
10 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
11 | There are a series of modifications which are shown on the right hand side of Fig. 1.2 , and each will now be discussed briefly in turn , following the order of the flow chart . |
12 | We might well have to wait for six months before we found a prahu which was heading in the right direction . |
13 | Or at least make sure you are listening to the right station . |
14 | When all the guttering is in place you can start on the downpipes These are generally fixed from the ground working upwards , but you must make sure that you are working to the right line if ( as is common ) the guttering is offset from the wall . |
15 | If you jump , yes you 're looking at the right place , but you 've jumped ahead . |
16 | If you 're going to , if you 're going to be knocked for something , make sure you 're knocked for the right thing , that 's what you 're really saying . |
17 | But would you be writing from the right address ? |
18 | I think , you know , you , you were going down the right track , you 've got ta be really . |
19 | ‘ You were waiting for the right person . ’ |
20 | By contrast with the previous recording , only one embolic signal was detected in the left middle cerebral artery during the whole 20 min ; again none were detected on the right side . |
21 | But erm she 's coming along the right way so it 's trap two , Smoky Amber for me there ; dangers I think will be Barefoot Champion six and Marla Gain in five . |
22 | What will the Scottish electorate think when they discover what the millionaire Secretary of State for the Environment , who is sitting on the right hon. Gentleman 's left , has to pay ? |
23 | She was stumbling for the right words . |
24 | On the contrary , they form the foundation blocks to all that follows , and serve as a constant reminder of the need to ensure that we are building on the right foundation and that the materials with which we build have spiritual survival capability ( 1 Cor. |
25 | The consensus , however , is that we are moving in the right direction and the further 1% cut in base rates and its knock-on effect on mortgages is the best tonic the country could get . |
26 | ‘ But now it 's becoming so expensive to make programmes we are being forced into making sure we are going along the right lines . |
27 | I 'm an administrator by background , and I think that 's interesting , because one of the things that we are trying to do in the health service is to open up our management posts to people of all professions , and to recognise that management is not the prerogative of any particular group , but that we 're looking for the right people to manage our services from wherever they might come , and I 'm one of three people who has a responsibility to the senior manager in the community at the top , for the managing on a day-to-day basis the health services in Oxfordshire . |
28 | Right , so we 're looking at the right price as well , O K , and what else are we looking for ? |
29 | I think we 're developing along the right lines , Elinor . |
30 | Now it 's not John Major and it 's not Martin Brandon Bravo and it 's not the Sheriff although we 're thinking on the right lines there , and it 's not Kenneth Clarke or Brian Clough and it certainly is n't Dennis McCarthy and it 's not D H Lawrence either . |