Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dare say a good many rabbits would have kept quiet and thought about keeping on the right side of the Chief , but I 'm afraid I 'm not much good at that . |
| 2 | He 'd hired a smart car for their visit ; he joked with Mary Rose about driving on the right side of the road . |
| 3 | A lifetime of measuring men 's inside legs and making weak jokes about dressing on the right side or the left — ‘ of the bedroom , I mean , sir ! |
| 4 | A concurrent verbal task interfered with the speed and consistency of tapping by the right hand while a visuo-spatial task interfered more with left hand performance . |
| 5 | After some time of searching for the right facility they have had to go back and build something anew . |
| 6 | There was an area of bruising below the right eye but , although it was recent , Wycliffe felt sure that it had been inflicted some time before death — probably the day before . |
| 7 | Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth . |
| 8 | So it was a question of waiting till the right moment . |
| 9 | I 'm sure you 'll agree it 's a matter of going into the right stock at the right time . |
| 10 | Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time . |
| 11 | It is a matter of providing for the right amount of development in a balanced way . |
| 12 | ‘ All who have become aware of the plight of Tony Bland and the anguish of his parents will have been moved by the agony of their dilemma and the acute difficulty of coming to the right decision . |
| 13 | Jorghino , suddenly spring-heeled and full of running on the right wing , outflanked the Dutch defence before producing an inspired centre . |
| 14 | By long history the Bishop of Durham had the privilege of standing at the right hand of the sovereign throughout the coronation as her chief supporter . |
| 15 | A professional finish is achieved in part by showing a minimum amount of stitching on the right side of the fabric . |
| 16 | The string spacing is far too narrow , not only on the fretboard but more especially with regard to the right hand . |
| 17 | I shall not forget how your husband helped a new and inexperienced Head to see what was wrong with the school 's Art Room , helped also in pressing in the right quarter , for its improvement — all of which resulted in a much-needed tonic for the Art teaching in the school . |
| 18 | The patient was thereafter allowed to move about freely apart from lying on the right side . |
| 19 | Those that do may only display the differences for a matter of weeks or even days before the whole crop ripens , so there is an element of luck in flying over the right place at the right time . |
| 20 | ‘ However , from a management company perspective , we feel that doing business there very much depends on associating with the right partner . ’ |
| 21 | It 's about because the company after all is you it 's a group of people and so er it 's about putting over the right image so quality presentation to a client the image . |
| 22 | Skilled players may choose to hook gently or draw the shot by aiming down the right side of the fairway and encouraging an early rotation of the right hand over the left prior to impact . |
| 23 | You move between screens by clicking with the right mouse button on the portion you want to view , and drag the application windows you see here to the portion of the virtual desktop you want them to reside in . |