Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I 'd said the right thing and she 'd buttoned me as the one who signed the cheques . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll do anything , ’ I told them , and it was n't till afterwards that I realized I 'd done the right thing 'cos where else was I to go ? |
| 3 | I did n't get too much sleep that night though , wondering if I 'd done the right thing ! ’ |
| 4 | There was general approval that I 'd asked the right question — no one back in the newsroom realised how hard it had been . |
| 5 | Erm I wanted to make sure I 'd got the right turning I think was the answer but there was no reason to say I had problems finding you or I was held up I 'm sorry for that or , or anything , there was no , there was no actual acknowledgement or reason for being late . |
| 6 | to wonder whether I 'd got the right time . |
| 7 | On this occasion the N1 cam was to the right of centre and I 'd knitted the right side of the neck correctly , with no problem . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I 'd be beaten , ’ Turi said , ‘ but I began to realise I 'd chosen the right route by not cutting inside fences . |
| 9 | Then I too realized I had made the right decision to stay put in hospital . |
| 10 | However , I was in no doubt that I had done the right thing by leaving him . |
| 11 | Then I began to worry if I had done the right thing . |
| 12 | Tell me I had done the right thing . |
| 13 | I knew I had done the right thing , and now there would be no second monster to follow the first . |
| 14 | I had chosen the right moment , because I found him , not so much irresolute as musing on the possibility of being wiped out by ‘ a stray bomb ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's one thing being peaceful — it 's another thing altogether not knowing if I 've done the right thing . |
| 16 | I 'm not sure if I 've done the right thing . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm sick but I still think I 've done the right thing . |
| 18 | ‘ How do I know if I 've met the right person ? ’ |
| 19 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 20 | I think I 've made the right decision because Foyly scored two goals , and I do n't think you stop a player of his quality , I mean they tried it with George Best , they 've tried it with , you know Manfred Mann and they always do something special do n't they ? |
| 21 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 22 | The ball come across and er I see Bedford had his back to the goal , and I could see he was going to swivel and hit it with his left foot , and I 've just come across the goal and er , he just hit it down low to my right hand side and luckily I 've come the right way and pushed it wide . |
| 23 | I try it myself , to see if I 've got the right idea . |
| 24 | er , I will try and push you to see if I 've got the right money , you know . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , I 've got the right ego . |
| 26 | no , but we now know that , if it , if I 've got the right time , half past twelve 's fine |
| 27 | I thought , oh I wonder if I 've got the right number here yeah but you 're both well then ? |
| 28 | Mr Maurice Saatchi who now gets three hundred and ten thousand pounds a year compared with six hundred thousand pounds a year two years ago replied I 'm quite satisfied that involuntary taking a fifty per cent pay cut I have done the right thing . |
| 29 | Fletcher said : ‘ I consider I have chosen the right person . ’ |
| 30 | So if I have associated the right word — say , the word blue — with the right impression — the impression I get when I look at a cornflower — there is no fear of my language not mirroring reality as there is if I talk about fate or fortune , these not being words for simple ideas impressed on my mind by external objects . |