Example sentences of "[pers pn] had the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 2 | ‘ I just do n't feel I had the right level of care . ’ |
| 3 | This is why I had the right attitude when I first got to British Aerospace , anybody any , any anything anybody could tell me about how to fucking like that |
| 4 | I had the right card , it was the card number five which was for the hot wash as , hot wax as well . |
| 5 | I do n't think I had the right attitude towards it . |
| 6 | She was waiting , she says , until she was sure she had the right project with the right people . |
| 7 | Blood tests finally convinced Elaine Hinchcliff , of Stanton , Suffolk , she had the right baby in West Suffolk hospital , Bury St Edmonds . |
| 8 | She had the right academic approach to nursing to make a first-class tutor , but not ward sister . |
| 9 | I suppose a wife should consider her husband 's work before her own happiness , ’ Penelope agreed , for like many modern young women she had the right old-fashioned ideas about men and their work . |
| 10 | But I do n't think we had the right attitude , ’ Sheila says . |
| 11 | ‘ He was always very careful about ‘ the company ’ , making sure we had the right attitude . |
| 12 | ‘ We felt that between us we had the right mix of skills . ’ |
| 13 | We had to look at what we can afford to do in the future , and make sure that we had the right number of quality staff in the right places to carry out our programme . |
| 14 | Much emphasis was put on the importance of identifying the key decision-takers and making sure that they had the right information — much was made of the necessity of their getting a balanced picture on which to take their decisions . |
| 15 | They had the right religion , they were hard-working , and had small families which they could afford to keep in decent circumstances . |
| 16 | This , coupled with the gossip that for some time surrounded the couple , soon convinced the constables they had the right people . |
| 17 | Four in five employees surveyed believed they had been turned down for jobs because they were too old , even though they had the right skills . |
| 18 | ( c. 1 ) Writing shortly after Charles 's death , he believed that a new generation of both kings and nobles could preserve the realm so long as they had the right personal qualities . |
| 19 | It had the right bureaucratic timbre and , besides , was a favourite of the new commissioner , littering his memos . |
| 20 | It had the right colour in it as well . |
| 21 | Although Mr Headroom was actually flesh and blood posing as the unreal thing , there are plenty of computer animation specialists who think he had the right idea . |
| 22 | He felt great , he worked with class and he had the right attitude . |
| 23 | Burrows became more and more convinced that he had the right man . |
| 24 | He had the right attitudes and ambitions , and was intellectually capable of the job . ’ |
| 25 | He had the right mixture of politics and economics , cleverly interwoven with deadly figures and Government pledges to throw back in Norman Lamont 's face . |
| 26 | Mrs Stevenson stated , ‘ He had the right qualities for the job ’ , calling him ‘ a round peg in a round hole ’ . |
| 27 | They 'd have probably given him ninety days if he had the right advice . ’ |
| 28 | Darwin succeeded where earlier evolutionists had failed because he had the right solution to the problem of explaining how populations actually change in response to environmental pressure . |
| 29 | Insane ! ) — but he was certain he had the right answer , and a more direct and obvious one than hers had been . |
| 30 | ‘ He had the right idea about women , ’ Lucenzo said cynically . |