Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he added that , with three-quarters of the company 's business now overseas , foreign exchange rates were moving in the right direction . |
| 2 | But he added that , with three-quarters of the company 's business now overseas , foreign exchange rates were moving in the right direction . |
| 3 | Similarly teams of medical advisers were brought down to William Osborne to inspect and comment on the level and location of medical equipment so that as the boat was built the right equipment was installed in the right place . |
| 4 | The three-year-old collie , Bob , was stabbed in the right eye and hit across the head with an iron pipe . |
| 5 | He was one of the people who actually made the series , but I have to say that I never thought his career was channelled in the right direction . |
| 6 | ‘ Launch ’ is an apt term : it was never his intention to control or manipulate the Council , for it was a sovereign body under his presidency ; his duty was to see that it was heading in the right direction . |
| 7 | We might well have to wait for six months before we found a prahu which was heading in the right direction . |
| 8 | He warned Margaret Thatcher , as she prepares for a Commonwealth heads of government conference next week where the issue of sanctions on South Africa is expected to be central , against insisting that ‘ the regime ’ was moving in the right direction . |
| 9 | With most of 1962 and 1963 taken up with stage , television and film work , Crawford could reflect that his career was moving in the right direction . |
| 10 | Winning team captain Mike Kemp says : ‘ It was all good fun and every game was played in the right spirit . |
| 11 | ‘ All you 'd ‘ ave to do is stand in front of 'em and ‘ ope the wind was blowin' in the right direction . ’ |
| 12 | At least it showed that the girl 's mind was working in the right direction . |