Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it right " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the revolution must succeed does not , of course , follow from the economic argument alone , even if Marx has got it right . |
| 2 | I do not believe that British Rail has got it right . |
| 3 | Initially my son did n't want to see me , the youngest girl thought it was her fault and tried to put it right , while the middle one seemed completely untouched by the whole thing . |
| 4 | He says that I might not need to get it right ? |
| 5 | Just the two of us … we 're the only ones who can be trusted to get it right . |
| 6 | But I want to get it right here if I can . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I just want to get it right and make sure I do the best for each of the students in my charge . ’ |
| 8 | They have reached a point in their drama when they need factual information , they want to get it right . |
| 9 | Erm , but you 're saying , you do n't , you want to get it right without doing that . |
| 10 | Lucy says ’ I want to get it right . |
| 11 | I want to get it right . |
| 12 | I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right . |
| 13 | well yes , yes I wondered whether I 'd got it right you know , it sounded just a silly thing to ask and erm and I erm had to consider that probably asked whether I had erm made a mistake in my shorthand before , before I actually typed it but erm , anyway they seemed erm reasonably satisfied and everybody was very kindly and erm considerate and |
| 14 | ‘ You c-ca n't … ’ she spluttered , trying not to panic that , if she 'd got it right — and she could n't see how else this swine of a man could threaten her — he was saying that her job was on the line ! |
| 15 | If I started on a catalogue of what is going wrong with the world , let alone what we might do to put it right , there would be no end . |
| 16 | If he 's got a job there , and he 's done it well or he 's done it badly , tell him he 's done it badly , tell them where they 've gone wrong and tell them what they should do to put it right . |
| 17 | In the best teams , this sort of thing rarely happens , but if it does , a collective effort is made to put it right . |
| 18 | I hope to get it right by the time the Olympics come round , ’ she said . |
| 19 | The Prime Minister has suddenly discovered this problem and intends to put it right — |
| 20 | I imagine you came here with the intention of doing it up and then realised the enormous extent of the work needed to put it right . ’ |
| 21 | Last summer was in Peter 's mind too , he had seen it as a failure , here he was going to put it right , he was enjoying the fear , he was Jamie dogfighting in the sky , he was very calm , very cold . |
| 22 | No problem here — Labour was sure of the answer , and Front Bench spokesperson Dr John Cunningham was so pleased and relieved that this time Labour was going to get it right , that when he rose to speak on 8th December in Standing Committee A , he repeated Labour 's position several times . |
| 23 | No , I 'm not going to get it right . |
| 24 | ‘ I got off on the wrong foot , and I 'm never going to get it right now . |
| 25 | This time she was going to get it right . |
| 26 | ‘ If your form is n't so clear , you 're not going to get it right sitting on the bench . ’ |
| 27 | It 's nothing major , but I 've got to get it right before I play again . ’ |
| 28 | The PC magazine market needs a reasonably priced down to earth mag so I hope your circulation goes from strength to strength but on present showing there 's a lot to do to get it right , Andrew H. |
| 29 | So why could n't he have got it right last night ? |
| 30 | This new book shows how good manners held nineteenth century society together … but with all we know about what was really going on , can the Victorians really have got it right … |