Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So put me right , my dear , since you keep insisting I 'm mistaken . |
| 2 | Also , even world class sailors only get it right about 80 per cent of the time , so by following someone you will never manage to beat them and you will often get lead the wrong way . |
| 3 | So get them right . |
| 4 | Magill was n't the first time I 've given my Little All for my job , but that ca n't mean I can only get it right when … |
| 5 | The radio sketches that Galton and Simpson created for Tony Hancock in the mid-1950s are a back-street version of the same rueful joke : the hero , discomforted by every encounter , gets it wrong when he is trying hardest to get it right . |
| 6 | Somebody better get it right , |
| 7 | We have to understand that it is going to cost many millions of pounds throughout industry in Scotland and we had better get it right . ’ |
| 8 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 9 | But a cold wash and a cup of malmsey soon put me right . |
| 10 | Just put it right there , right in the middle so |
| 11 | So I I fucking get it right , say something , I was right pissed off by this time , next , I , I , I stood out and step forward fucking get closer sort of thing and say something and that was it , . |
| 12 | But there 's no ‘ wow ’ factor in just getting it right and so much of the work is a distress purchase . ’ |
| 13 | You need flexibility to change tack if you are not getting it right . |
| 14 | Mind you , given the A2 's remarkable programming capability there really would n't be much of an excuse for not getting it right . |
| 15 | We may have been bombarded by our parents with many messages like ‘ You must try harder ’ and ‘ You 're not getting it right . ’ |
| 16 | Not getting it right first time . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm tired of reading and hearing about bands who do nothing but slag off their first record , and blame the producer for not getting it right . |
| 18 | They 're not getting it right , and there are really no longer any excuses . ’ |
| 19 | Will he explain to industralists why they should risk their long-term capital on economic forecasts from Ministers who can not get them right even three months ahead ? |
| 20 | Those who pin their hopes on highly specified , short range solutions may or may not get it right . |
| 21 | With Alice , she could not get it right . |
| 22 | I welcome both the inquiries that the right hon. Gentleman has so speedily set up , but may I advise him that , if we do not get it right this time , we shall be at the Dispatch Box again to consider still more cases ? |
| 23 | Yes , stool making , you know I 've got a stool here , I made that stool over there ages ago for me daughter-in-law and this one I can not get it right I 've , I 've , it 's , it 's , I 'm trying I 've got to undo it again there , it 's not right , I think it is because the cord 's too thick , it 's a very thick cord and I 've not got enough stitches you know not enough strands on it , but I 'm gon na do it , it 'll be done before Christmas I 've got to do it otherwise |
| 24 | Wait a minute cos I might not get it right , tell me a big number |
| 25 | And they er I 'm not putting it right close though . |
| 26 | ‘ Once or twice , ’ he admitted , ‘ but bicarb generally puts it right . ’ |
| 27 | Nobody 's mother ever got it right . |
| 28 | So I do n't suppose they 'll ever get it right . |
| 29 | You will now hopefully get it right automatically . |
| 30 | And if we can get all of those five right it helps all of us within the group to hopefully get it right first time . |