Example sentences of "we [am/are] [verb] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do expect occasionally to have temper , because it is only when we are discussing the right subjects that temper will arise : if people lose their tempers it is because they are emotionally involved in the problem , and we are probably talking on a subject which needs to be aired . |
| 2 | At least accident should occur so I 'm asking for a review of those to see if we ha we are buying the right vehicle or not . |
| 3 | During our discussions , we have raised many issues that need deeper and further explanation if we are to achieve the right results for Scottish education . |
| 4 | He needs to think of how we are to find the right ministers , men and women — to let people know that there is a vocation called holy orders , of ‘ unique difficulty and unique happiness ’ ; the variety of ministers , deaconesses , teachers in schools , lay preachers , monks and nuns and friars who belong to ‘ the praying heart of the Church ’ , without which its mission would not have the power of God within it . |
| 5 | ‘ We are following the right path , ’ Thomas said , ‘ and soon we will be there . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I sometimes wonder , ’ says Dr Andrew Laurie , who is studying marine iguanas , ‘ if we are fighting the right battle . |
| 7 | ‘ Hope we 're doing the right thing , ’ he whispered . |
| 8 | So what I was wondering was er the scheme is in it 's infancy this and I 'm all in the favour of the decentralising in principle , but I think we ought to perhaps look at it a bit closer , and I would suggest that we have an up-to-date report at the next meeting of this committee so we can compare it over a longer term so , as that we might then reflect on a if we 're doing the right thing or not . |
| 9 | So I believe we 're doing the right thing , I think it 's for the good of the country I think it 's for the good of the company and the shareholders . |
| 10 | ‘ I hope we 're doing the right thing , Doctor , ’ she said . |
| 11 | But , we 're doing the right thing for |
| 12 | and we can sing them and , feel that we 're doing the right thing and go our way but Lord we pray that the words we sing might be the words that we means , and the words that we say might be the things and the , the way we mean to conduct our lives . |
| 13 | I mean we hope we 're doing the right thing , and as I say the response we 're getting seems to indicate that , but we have not erm followed through each of we have a large number of participants every year , you see , in the order of about erm a hundred and fifty each year , so very difficult for you to try and follow through the fate of each of them . |
| 14 | Are you sure we 're going the right way ? ’ |