Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We needed a compass bearing to ensure we headed off in the right direction , a reminder that even a ‘ valley ’ walk can land the unwary in difficulties . |
| 2 | It was no coincidence that Hibs were at their most dangerous after Evans had replaced Lennon and Weir moved out to the right wing . |
| 3 | TRAVEL agent Jacqui Ferguson came up with the right solution to land herself a dream trip round the world . |
| 4 | We said no , I , I , I 'm doing everything that table says at the moment , so no , but I 'm going to give one to Shirley because she got most of the answer and then she came back with the right bit at the end as well . |
| 5 | We said no , oh , I , I , I 'm doing everything that table says at the moment , so no , but I 'm going to give one to Shirley because she got most of the answer and then she came back with the right bit at the end as well . |
| 6 | In the second half Leeds looked slightly better but almost went 2–1 down when poor marking let one the Crewe forwards in with a chance , the ball came across from the right wing and the bloke had a shot at goal from about 12 yards out that only just missed . |
| 7 | I think we got off on the right foot . ’ |
| 8 | The election arrived just at the right time . |
| 9 | They met for the first time at the weekend as their two-week-old girls were swopped and handed back to the right mothers . |
| 10 | In order for UK businesses to make their voice heard properly at the right level , UK industry must be aware , more than ever before , of the process of Community law-making . |
| 11 | Gaughan again popped up on the right wing to centre for Nick Cusack to force Stewart into another diving save , then the impressive Andy Toman charged on to a Steve Mardenborough flick , and fired just wide with the keeper beaten . |
| 12 | What we need is Speed and Wallace back and to buy a good striker , White is OK but stuck out on the right wing he wo n't score many goals IMHO . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm happy ’ , ‘ I 'm settled ’ , ‘ Now I know what it feels like ’ , ‘ I got out on the right side ’ . |
| 14 | At first I managed to get hold of two pictures by Popova , then the thread broke off and , completely by chance , I stumbled back on the right trail . |
| 15 | The original findings have been replicated ( Hicks , 1975 ; Johnson and Kozma , 1977 ) and an interpretation in terms of intra-hemispheric competition supported by evidence of impairment on various tasks carried out by the left hand when cognitive operations supposedly mediated primarily by the right hemisphere are performed ( Kinsbourne , 1973 ; McFarland and Ashton , 1975 ; 1978a ; Smith , Chu and Edmonston , 1977 ; Dalby , 1980 ) . |
| 16 | They found that speaking interfered selectively with the right hand only under certain conditions . |
| 17 | Lomas and Kimura ( 1976 ) repeated this experiment using different manual tasks and found that speaking interfered selectively with the right hand only under certain conditions . |
| 18 | Despite his sleepless night , de Castelnau at once went on to the Right Bank and plunged into the work of re-animating the defence . |
| 19 | Back in time for our encore at Wembley ( well , after six nights , you do tend to get a bit lax , and anyway , the tapes went on in the right order and the dry ice was great ) . |
| 20 | So , as the other person already occupied part of the left hand bench , he quite naturally went over to the right hand bench and promptly sat down . |
| 21 | Carey went over on the right ankle during a friendly game with Armagh a fortnight ago , and is still gingerly finding his way back to full fitness . |
| 22 | Apparently Gagarin said that when he looked out of the right window of his spacecraft and glimpsed the earth for the first time , he had an experience or sense of — and then he used a word which the interpreter did not know the meaning of , so he had to go to another table and ask another interpreter to help . |
| 23 | Charles remembered from working on The Strutters with him that George had always had an approximate approach to the text , relying , as did so many television actors , on a sort of paraphrase of the speeches which homed in on the right cue . |
| 24 | Sometimes they homed in on the right conclusion with remarkable speed ; sometimes they missed the point altogether . |
| 25 | Hastings converted beautifully from the right touchline and added the points when replacement loose forward Richard Webster was powerfully driven over between the posts in the final minute . |
| 26 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’ |
| 27 | In Hebrews chapter 10 verse 4 we read ‘ it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins ’ ( referring to the Old Testament sacrifices ) but in verse 12 we read ‘ But this man , after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever , sat down on the right hand of God . ’ |
| 28 | WHEN HE HAD BY HIMSELF PURGED OUR SINS , sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high . ’ |
| 29 | He chopped back on the right engine , closed it down . |