Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] the right [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , we sophisticated Westerners may think they are not asking for the right things . |
| 2 | He told us to fill in this form , saying we had not gone through the right channels . ’ |
| 3 | You can not rely on the right questions coming to you on the spur of the moment . |
| 4 | ‘ I meant , well , I just meant that — I du n no , I just ca n't think of the right words . |
| 5 | Dickens regards the behaviour of Mr Guppy as ‘ usual ’ in people who go over houses : ‘ They straggle about in wrong places , look at wrong things , do n't care for the right things , gape when more rooms are opened , exhibit profound depression of the spirits , and are clearly knocked up . ’ |