Example sentences of "[verb] got [pron] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that wretched Richard , ’ she added impatiently , ‘ Has got me right in a corner by bringing that nice man here and letting him invite Dickie down to Devon . |
| 2 | That the revolution must succeed does not , of course , follow from the economic argument alone , even if Marx has got it right . |
| 3 | I do not believe that British Rail has got it right . |
| 4 | So whether he did n't believe that I , I 'd got them right or not I do n't know but the answers were there . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 8 | RISC is the right word — DEC may have got everything right first time , but as a third party with a choice , you 'd have to be pretty desperate to bet the shop on it . |
| 9 | So why could n't he have got it right last night ? |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | Stephen Roche , who has been spending the season preparing for the two big tours of Italy and France , seems to have got it right . |
| 12 | All I want to do is go through a few aspects of your statement , to make sure I 've got them right . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Let me make sure I 've got them right , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Still , it 'll help if I can check out my answers against yours — to make sure I 've got them right . |
| 15 | W first of all though I think I 've got them right this time I hope , the World Health Organization , charities , the United Nations , the European Commission erm foreign business organizations and l the bodies that lay down regulations er for activities . |
| 16 | I 've got everything right , actually what I did and I could n't give you , I have n't got a clue , trigonometry , well I could n't tell you how to do it , I should |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think there 's anyone now who thinks we 've got it right , but we are all struggling to do that . ’ |
| 18 | That way you know you 've got it right . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm afraid they 've got it right . ’ |
| 20 | Let's hope they 've got it right . |
| 21 | Scudamore said : ‘ It was a very difficult decision , and I hope I 've got it right . |
| 22 | Check back to see if you 've got it right . |
| 23 | and let me see if I 've got it I 've got it right . |
| 24 | I know they 've had several attempts at that but we still do n't think they 've got it right . |
| 25 | I do n't think it 's impossible , but we just need to make sure , that we 've got it right . |
| 26 | In fact , I think you 've got it right , fantastic though it may seem . ’ |
| 27 | He grinned at Rain and Mona and happily promised Eliot : ‘ You 're going to love this one , I reckon we 've got it right this time . ’ |
| 28 | If we 've got it right … … tell us ! |
| 29 | ‘ They want to make quite sure we 've got it right before they optimise the race car for Estoril . ’ |
| 30 | sorry can , can we get to the question again , want to see if I 've got it right , correct me if I 'm wrong , over the eighty schemes and the five years that you had put forward budgets for all , you had n't included a contingency fund element ? |