Example sentences of "know the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an army in peacetime you have to arselick and know the right people if you want to get on . |
| 2 | In other words , if a minister does not know the right question to ask MI5 about a particular operation or allegation then MI5 will not volunteer any information on its own . |
| 3 | But how can the machine know the right order in which to look at the various possibilities ? |
| 4 | Even though words are my trade , I do n't know the right words . |
| 5 | ‘ If you paid to get in tonight you do n't know the right people , ’ he snaps , in a litany of barbed missiles that sting hardened fans and industry leeches alike . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A good stringer will know the right string and tension for you . |
| 8 | One basic defect in these methods of scrutiny is that M.P.s must know the right questions to ask . |
| 9 | used to teach there and she 'd probably know the right person to write to . |
| 10 | You can make hard work of an easy job if you do n't know the right way to go . |
| 11 | When he gets well again , Thérèse thought : Madeleine wo n't let him remember , she does n't know the right words to say . |
| 12 | ‘ Then how did you know the right dose ? ’ |
| 13 | She thought I might know the right channels . ’ |
| 14 | And being with Gittel was like — oh , I do n't know the right words-like the first day when the sun turns warm enough to start the ice melting off the eaves . |
| 15 | If they are to study evidence they must know the right questions to ask . |
| 16 | In the course of getting to know the right conditions for plants to survive well , in addition to looking their best in the overall scheme of the garden , Tricia — internationally known as an interior designer — has naturally become something of a plantswoman . |
| 17 | It 's handy to know the right way to do it in n it ? |
| 18 | you 're not going to put the wrong one down if you know the right one are you ? |
| 19 | Dolls and toys are big business these days … if you know the right person to sell them to . |
| 20 | If you know the right people it should n't be too hard to get rid of birds like mine . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ YOU know the right things to do , ’ says one primary school girl . |
| 22 | You are listening to what they told you and you got the , the right picture , you know the right facts and the right details and the right emotions so you can go back and cover the right plan of attack so you can sell them products they actually want and not what you think they |
| 23 | Er , I told you what backs onto it , you know the right small on , what you were going to see that time , but on the side . |
| 24 | So which Alison feels is erm er you know the right sort of time |
| 25 | I never got a chance to defend myself and I would n't have known the right thing to say if I had . |
| 26 | Because he 's known the right people . |
| 27 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |
| 28 | As competition for places on the Kindertransporte mounted to panic proportions , the chances of success turned increasingly on knowing the right people — an official who could hurry through an application or , more critically , someone in Britain who was willing to take on the financial responsibility of acting as a guarantor . |
| 29 | But to win this game takes more than just knowing the right moves , donning the groovy gear and asking Mr Barber for ‘ a dishy pop-star cut , please ’ . |
| 30 | All of which is a roundabout way of saying that what matters in this world is asking the right questions , rather than knowing the right answers . |