Example sentences of "say the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | You come back and place your hands on various people 's foreheads until eventually you say the right number . |
| 2 | Well yes but also say the right words at the right time yeah ? yep . |
| 3 | ‘ You always say the right thing , do n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | She had explained to him about her mother ; he had met her mother ; he had seemed to size up the problem , had said the right things in his oblique way . |
| 5 | And as Jacqui 's suffering face looked up at him , he knew he had said the right thing . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , that was good , ’ he replied in answer to this , and she glowed with pleasure at having said the right thing . |
| 7 | His hands relaxed from their tight grip on the steering-wheel ; she must have said the right thing for once . |
| 8 | She 'd said the right thing . |
| 9 | And I know she knows , but I worry that maybe I have n't said the right words the right way . |
| 10 | I 'd said the right thing and she 'd buttoned me as the one who signed the cheques . |
| 11 | And immediately wondered if she 'd said the right thing , for Lubor wasted no time in asking , ‘ And what are you going to do today ? ’ |
| 12 | If you 'd said the right things at |
| 13 | And Ruth , she 'd been primed well what to say she does n't say a lot , but she says the right things . |
| 14 | Everyone is saying the right things . |
| 15 | Being primed with the relevant background information can make you much more confident that you are saying the right thing to the right person . |
| 16 | He 's trying to concentrate on saying the right things and singing the songs . |
| 17 | He damned them all , saying the right answer was political ; full stop . |
| 18 | in general there is perhaps a little bit too much of an emphasis on beliefs and saying the right thing — giving the right word . |
| 19 | Paul bore all this in mind , looking down at Emily ; he could see her in his mind 's eye presiding over tea-parties at Oxford , saying the right thing to professors ' wives ; playing her part as his own wife , while he continued with his work uninterrupted except — he dared not think of it now — for the nights . |
| 20 | Yet on the other hand , for the counsellor to be too conscious of saying the right thing at the right time in every situation represents a state of mind that can only hamper the counselling process . |
| 21 | Ed ‘ Stewpot ’ Stewpot was just playing ‘ Hot Love ’ by Ron Wood 's Wizzard this morning when he was interrupted by a newsflash saying the Right Honourable Gary Kibbett had died . |
| 22 | That underlines the importance that companies and other organisations place on acquiring the skills of saying the right things in the right way on TV , radio or in the newspapers . |
| 23 | Appropriate sociability means saying the right things to strike up a rapport with your client , helping them to relax , feel comfortable and get to know you before cutting the business . |
| 24 | It must be so easy to fall into the habit of saying the right thing , what was expected . |
| 25 | Oh how do you know they 're saying the right |
| 26 | The , the that she was under , and Pearl did , Pearl was trusting her and , and knew , and so the Denise was saying the right thing , she was staying in the bedroom , never knew what was going on down there . |
| 27 | I thought how , how can I swear an oath to god in all honestly if I 'm not sure there is one , I thought yeah blimming right , I mean , she would n't just take , say it so she obviously said , she obviously said the right theories |
| 28 | Sam did not know the Aga Khan 's stud at Chantilly from a Leyland double decker bus factory in Preston , but he knew how to say the right things . |
| 29 | He was a comical little man but as she smiled and tried to say the right things — ‘ Oh ! |
| 30 | well I mean you 're right in a way Bob those people who seem to get on within a company some of them are people who seem to be able to say the right words at the right time do n't they ? |