Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [vb infin] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He did not fit into Cheltenham and he did not make the right impression , ’ he said .
2 She complained that it was not feminine — a woman should show off her waist — and therefore did not convey the right image .
3 I telephoned Burakovsky , who ordered the child to be brought in , examined her , but said there was nothing they could do because , unfortunately , they did not have the right kind of specialists .
4 The organisers did not provide the right equipment for the Stourbridge band .
5 We we were brought up to believe that if you did n't do the right thing you would be punished .
6 Shall we just say that I did n't meet the right woman ?
7 Caught it … but did n't catch the right part of it …
8 Slippery Elm you see you had to tape it down to a fine point and then insert it you see , and if you did n't get the right place well it 'd kill you .
9 And to point out to her now that she did n't know the right thing to do when visiting people like the Kirkleys would be , in a way , against the advice she had just given her , although it was n't to do with talking ; more like behaviour and deportment or some such .
10 When Clark had to hire someone to become chief executive of the new regulatory authority , the Treasury gave him a list of nine admirals , seventeen generals and six air marshals and told him they 'd be disappointed if he did n't find the right chap among them .
11 Really it is a Cold & Eroded Crack in the Earth 's Crust ; however , Cold & Eroded Crack in the Earth 's Crust National Park just did n't have the right sound for luring Japanese yen , German marks and , should the occasion ever arise , British pounds and Zambian kwachas .
12 Well you could have won but you were daft and did n't take the right card .
13 He just did n't look the right sort of boy — in the bathroom mirror he saw his wishy-washy face , freckled and slightly spotty , his wishy-washy blue eyes staring mournfully back ; in no way did the image relate to the brown , sparkling athletes who drank beer after a game of soccer in the commercials .
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