Example sentences of "[vb base] not [vb pp] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes , when writing we repeat a word unknowingly and when we read it again we recognise that our pen has slipped back over old ground : we have not found the right word . |
2 | And I know she knows , but I worry that maybe I have n't said the right words the right way . |
3 | ‘ Maybe you have n't met the right man yet . ’ |
4 | ‘ Maybe you have n't met the right kind of lady , ’ Merrill murmured . |
5 | ‘ You just have n't found the right job for you . ’ |
6 | ‘ As I said ; you have n't got the right hide for command . |
7 | But … well , I have n't got the right shoes on or anything . ’ |
8 | Now the other side of that was a plea which came from our switchboard supervisor , which I 'll come onto in a moment , where she said people will often think that of her telephonist , but in actual fact , it 's because they have n't got the right information from people at this end , so there is another side to that story . |
9 | Before , you might be able to say , if you have n't got the right results , you can get away with padding out your lab report and writing a lot of background , so that would bung your mark up a bit , but this year , you can do that and you still end up with a bad mark if you 've got bad results . |
10 | yeah but you have n't got the right people now have you ? |