Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will take a little practice to get right , but a tie made properly and firmly in this way will ‘ feel ’ right , and it will at once be clear how and why this method does a job that other methods and materials do not do . |
| 2 | A variation that we used to do , but which takes a little practice to get right , is to cut an elastic band , hold one end with your thumb or finger tip just below the implant , reach round the back with the other hand , stretch the elastic and , keeping it stretched , bring the end round and over the section under your thumb , grip it in the same way , pass round again and over the starting point . |
| 3 | The right side remains right even if it has no ultimate hope at all . |
| 4 | Besides , if it looks right , it will fly right , and this machine looked right . |
| 5 | The authorities say that will take a few days to put right . |
| 6 | Gould 's unerring commercial nose proved right — today the suppressed parts of Birds of Australia are valued at roughly £40,00 . |
| 7 | If this relationship proves right , it will be a triumph not only for CERN , and for the electro-weak theory , but for particle physics in general . |
| 8 | I always looked hopefully for grandmas after that , and I must say that this theory proved right time and time again . |
| 9 | " We will be spending £26 billion over the next 10 years to put right years of neglect , and that includes investments in sewage works . " |
| 10 | ‘ I developed an uncontrollable urge to feel right inside that secret tunnel . |
| 11 | At her Paramedical and Beauty Centre , Bharti Vyas uses natural techniques to put right both physical and psychological problems . |
| 12 | All these thoughts seem right and proper at this time but , when all is said and done , might not much of the above be applied to any institution ? |
| 13 | In the first place , the plane made an emergency landin' at Port Stanley to have an electrical fault put right . |
| 14 | Remember to pay ongoing attention to the intonation , and regard it as of equal importance to get right as the actual words . |
| 15 | So even though we have a lot of tricky stuff to get right soundwise , the crew is so great that they can do it pretty much without us . |
| 16 | He grieves and mourns over their suffering and experiences depression and despair over his inadequate ability to put right their wrongs . |
| 17 | Apart from beetles and damp there was a curious , sweet , noxious smell which took months to track down to seeping drains , and then more months to put right . |
| 18 | There are ways in which parents can encourage their growing children to make right choices in life . |
| 19 | ‘ All you 've got to do , Joanna , is to get that leg put right . |
| 20 | ‘ You did n't see that man sitting right behind you , Mr Pip ? ’ |
| 21 | It 's like , one day developing right and she has n't got round to collecting them yet . |
| 22 | In appearance the most handsome of all American Presidents , Harding looks the part , while his vague and soothing phrases sounded right . |
| 23 | Other than that the black paint job is nicely buffed and looks good , considering black is such a difficult colour to get right . |
| 24 | Obviously it 's losing market share price competition impinging right down to the bottom line left right and centre . |
| 25 | ‘ The densest area of the crossed lines lies right here ’ — Brown pointed with his fingertip — ‘ just east of Biggleswade , county of Bedfordshire . |
| 26 | Two screws stand right in front of you . |
| 27 | But how to get that new set-up looking right ? |
| 28 | Canteen or smokeroom jokes are no longer quite so clodhoppingly crude , blatant sexism wobbles a bit , with a challenge to macho sexuality sitting right there smiling an arch you-don't-say smile . |