Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the letters are straightforward and written in plain English ; the type that you may spend bags of time perfecting — Have I said exactly the right thing ? |
| 2 | When the Israelites go out to gather it , each of them gathers exactly the right amount for himself and his family ; on the sixth day of the week a double portion is given and collected so that the sabbath rest can be properly kept ; on the sabbath , appropriately , no manna appears at all ; while any kept at the end of any of the first five days goes bad overnight , the half of the sixth day 's gathering put aside for the sabbath keeps perfectly fresh . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've often watched you in the past and wondered how you know exactly the right time to enter the bidding , the right time to leave , ’ Moran praised . |
| 4 | Sometimes slime algae can be very difficult to shift , even though you do all the right things . |
| 5 | You need just the right bag to transport your Sun Protection Factor 10 — a plastic one saying ‘ Dan Air ’ wo n't do . |
| 6 | Umpteen four-bedroomed houses later , we were wondering if it really was the right thing to do : every time we found just the right place , the surveyor 's report showed movement of the north wall , or some other equally expensive-to-repair problem . |
| 7 | But what is really relevant is to state that against Ireland they played absolutely the right sort of game and they played it with utter conviction and quite brilliant execution . |
| 8 | In it they brought just the right weight of balance to each part , to each phrase , to each note . |
| 9 | The pens had the ordinary steel nibs and it was essential that they had just the right amount of ink on them or blots resulted . |
| 10 | Some might accuse it of looking like a wedding cake , but I would suggest it has just the right amount of decoration . |
| 11 | Her manipulated images of masked Madonnas are made using a series of complex chemical processes ; she experiments technically , working and reworking the image until it has exactly the right feeling , tone or resonance . |
| 12 | Working with creatures of such speed it was important that he used exactly the right type of camera . |
| 13 | Addressing Congress five days after the assassination , he hit exactly the right note : " Let us here highly resolve that J.F. Kennedy did not live or die in vain . " |
| 14 | The Menuetto , with its return to the bright light of day , brings a delightfully ebullient trio , and he catches just the right note of spontaneous unpredictability in the finale . |