Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [prep] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fumbled for and finally pounced on the right word , ‘ Of torihada in my legs . ’ |
| 2 | We just hit at the right moment and from that week onwards , at least 90 people turned up every week . |
| 3 | The illuminated sail was reversible , so that it always sailed in the right direction to ensure authenticity . |
| 4 | The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task . |
| 5 | As for the benign intent : whereas dashes for growth in the 1960s and early 1970s were engineered by governments that deliberately overestimated the economy 's ability to grow , last year 's boom was the result of a miscalculation , which probably erred on the right side . |
| 6 | Say you were too tired this morning to remember to ask for permission to get up early to meet me and then woke at the right time and did n't want to let me down . |
| 7 | In the split second he woke he felt wonderfully light and at ease , comfortable in his skin , all his limbs absolutely relaxed in the right order and oh so comfortable where they were . |