Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | I plead with him to get it right this time for his own sake . |
| 2 | He made a tremendous effort to bring himself back into reality ; his hands shook and he swallowed twice as he tried to speak ; then he passed his right hand , still clutching the telegram , through his dark hair . |
| 3 | He applied his right eye to the hole and blinked once or twice to accustom himself to the darkness . |
| 4 | He asked my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health whether he was prepared to measure the success by the simple test of whether the trusts did more or less work for the national health service . |
| 5 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 6 | Moderator if the Board wanted a patron saint , my sole nominee would certainly be the good Samaritan cos he got it right . |
| 7 | Theodora took his meaning , ‘ … sometimes he got it right and sometimes not ? ’ |
| 8 | Incidentally , the Scottish players thought he got it right both times in that Gary Armstrong had not scored , but Turnbull had . |
| 9 | Things he keeps , erm , little barrels , he keeps er number of balls , he 's had to put two pound coins in his pocket instead , and I think that 's put him off , anyhow he got it right . |
| 10 | The pain seemed to take a back seat momentarily , then he moved his right hand and it came thundering back into his mind . |
| 11 | Then he lifted his right hand with the index finger extended . |
| 12 | He uses his right arm to reach across the chrome and glass coffee table in front of us . |
| 13 | Deflecting the blow aimed at James Lambert 's head with his left arm , he drove his right fist short but hard into the man 's mouth , loosening teeth and skinning his knuckles . |
| 14 | With a deep roar , he raises his right hand to distract his opponent while his left hand is already starting to lash out , smooth and relaxed . |
| 15 | The attacker then turns his body in a half-circle while he raises his right leg , using the left leg for support . |
| 16 | He threw his right arm back and I thought he 's going to hit me . |
| 17 | What has he got them right ? |
| 18 | He insinuated his right hand under her arm and tried to ease her towards the Bayswater Road . |
| 19 | He fiddled his right boot into its stirrup , touched the rifle stock superstitiously , pushed the sword into a comfortable position , then rolled the cloak into a bundle that he jammed under the rifle holster 's strap . |
| 20 | Because I was n't sure whether he get it right anyway . |
| 21 | He touched his right hand to his forehead , lips and chest , and without a word presented a note to Huy , from Taheb , asking him to come to her immediately . |
| 22 | ‘ Bob is a regimented person , he works until he gets something right . |
| 23 | ‘ Make sure he gets it right . ’ |
| 24 | Either he gets it right or we all go up the Swanee . ’ |
| 25 | Likewise , if you wish your youngster to persist with a task after he has learned to do it , you should arrange things so that he is no longer rewarded every time he gets it right ( 'continuous reinforcement' is applicable , as we saw , only when the individual is acquiring a skill ) but only on the odd occasion ( a schedule called ‘ intermittent reinforcement ’ ) . |
| 26 | The new hero , like Don Quixote , gets it wrong by study , but unlike Quixote he gets it right ( more or less ) by living , and he characteristically needs to educate himself by life after having partly de-educated himself through books . |
| 27 | well if he gets it right |
| 28 | So it is a slow pitch , there 's very little pace in it for him , but it never puts him off , he still comes hurling in and er he 'll , he 'll flat out on anything , that it , we were saying some days he gets it right and others he does n't . |
| 29 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
| 30 | He raised his right hand to trace the line of her cheekbone , running the back of his thumb across her soft parted lips . |