Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be the right [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When she was young and maybe a little wilful , Elizabeth had made what she deemed to be the right decision , and she had suffered because of it .
2 I came up here thinking I would ; I assumed I 'd need to offload on somebody , but somehow it never seemed to be the right time to introduce the subject .
3 People wanted it and it seemed to be the right thing to do — and we did it .
4 But he 's just 18 and yet he came on and took control , linking with the front players and proved to be the right substitution
5 Yet he proved to be the right man in the right place at the right time .
6 It proved to be the right approach .
7 Where it had to be the right name .
8 But the handsome brass plate had borne the legend ‘ Woodline Design ’ , so this had to be the right place .
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