Example sentences of "done the right thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Citroen 's design director Art Blakeslee thought the company had done the right thing with Activa II . |
| 2 | Hunt thinks Mansell has done the right thing in signing with Williams . |
| 3 | The ministers concerned must have congratulated themselves that politically at least they had done the right thing by ignoring the environmental bodies and promising eight-lane motorways and an expenditure of £12.4 billion to ensure that 1992 does not leave Britain stuck in a permanent traffic jam . |
| 4 | No , she had done the right thing in ignoring the invitation to luncheon . |
| 5 | The couple thought they had done the right thing by paying £140 for a house-buyer 's survey , which had given the house a clean bill of health with only some minor exceptions . |
| 6 | We found we had done the right thing : Mr Murray was partial to a wee whiskey . |
| 7 | After two weeks he had begun to wonder if he had done the right thing . |
| 8 | Sarah was now his wife , and he had only to look at her to know he had done the right thing . |
| 9 | His very short statements , and constant insistence that they had done the right thing , made it difficult , if not impossible , to reflect the point of the view of ‘ the other side ’ — the side of the authorities , who then complained that the parents had too much publicity and had the full support of the press and media . |
| 10 | He will have done the right thing . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll do anything , ’ I told them , and it was n't till afterwards that I realized I 'd done the right thing 'cos where else was I to go ? |
| 12 | Whether he would have done the right thing by her — as they said in those days — is fruitless speculation : he was never told of the need . |
| 13 | I did n't get too much sleep that night though , wondering if I 'd done the right thing ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But Ivy has turned out to be so good for me I must have done the right thing . |
| 15 | But the 27-year-old firmly believes he 's done the right thing . |
| 16 | Bacci was n't sure if he 'd done the right thing . |
| 17 | And he 'd done the right thing in getting that wallet back to Blackbeard , because Blackbeard was horribly evil and would have come after them if Joe had n't been sensible . |
| 18 | One of the sons had done the right thing and had taken the pressure off me for a while . |
| 19 | They went on a honeymoon to India where Gould sulked profusely and Rebuck kept wondering if she had done the right thing . |
| 20 | William sat by the phone for a long while after he had called Preston , wondering if he 'd done the right thing . |
| 21 | However , I was in no doubt that I had done the right thing by leaving him . |
| 22 | Then I began to worry if I had done the right thing . |
| 23 | So I suppose it 's what she wanted and she 's done the right thing . |
| 24 | Tell me I had done the right thing . |
| 25 | Now she stood , quite literally , on the threshold of a new life , hesitating , wondering even now if she had done the right thing . |
| 26 | It sticks in my throat that you know we 've had to pay it but , from the point of view of the residents , we 've done the right thing by letting it . |
| 27 | I knew I had done the right thing , and now there would be no second monster to follow the first . |
| 28 | The art shop in Covent Garden was the largest she could think of offhand , and the minute she walked in she knew that she had done the right thing . |
| 29 | He had carried her along on the groundswell of his own forceful personality , but now that the ride was over she had time to wonder if she 'd done the right thing . |
| 30 | Once they reached the canal bank , however , Robbie had no doubt that she 'd done the right thing . |