Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [prep] [art] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least it showed that the girl 's mind was working in the right direction . |
| 2 | ‘ All you 'd ‘ ave to do is stand in front of 'em and ‘ ope the wind was blowin' in the right direction . ’ |
| 3 | In all 15 sign languages HELP was signed with the right hand lifting and moving forward the left hand , forearm or elbow . |
| 4 | His interest was to ensure that poetry was read with the right kind of attention , not to analyze or explain the textual means by which its effect is achieved . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We have argued that even broadcasting was biased towards the right wing and , separately , towards the government of the day . |
| 7 | ‘ There was neither time nor machinery ’ , wrote Dorothy Hardisty , ‘ to ensure that each child was placed in the right religious environment . ’ |
| 8 | The purpose of my question was to extract from the right hon. Gentleman what he thought was meant not by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department but the new clause . |
| 9 | The operation was done through the midline scar and the recurrent tumour was removed from the right upper rectus together with surrounding unaffected tissue . |
| 10 | The pressure in the rear tailcone of the fuselage reached 5.5 psi and a sudden pressure surge of 4.12 psi was recorded inside the right tailplane . |
| 11 | Our content analysis of television during the election campaign seems to suggest that television was biased towards the right wing and , separately , towards the government of the day . |
| 12 | Winning team captain Mike Kemp says : ‘ It was all good fun and every game was played in the right spirit . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The republican state was undermined by the right wing counter reforms which eased the road to violence . |
| 16 | Three more lids were shut and boxes returned home and finally a large pinch of the selected substance was taken to the right nostril , another to the left . |
| 17 | The second three-year letter of intent was provided by the right Hon. Member for Croydon , Central ( Mr. Moore ) who is now the Secretary for Social Security . |
| 18 | Her Royal Highness was received by The Right Honourable The Lord Provost of Glasgow ( Mrs Susan Baird ) . |
| 19 | His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand . |