Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the right [noun sg] " 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 I think we got off on the right foot . ’
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 ‘ I 'm happy ’ , ‘ I 'm settled ’ , ‘ Now I know what it feels like ’ , ‘ I got out on the right side ’ .
10 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 .
11 Despite his sleepless night , de Castelnau at once went on to the Right Bank and plunged into the work of re-animating the defence .
12 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 ) .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Sometimes they homed in on the right conclusion with remarkable speed ; sometimes they missed the point altogether .
18 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 . ’
19 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 . ’
20 WHEN HE HAD BY HIMSELF PURGED OUR SINS , sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high . ’
21 He chopped back on the right engine , closed it down .
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