Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been right " in BNC.
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| 1 | And again she found herself thinking that maybe Jeff had been right and Guido was simply an insufferable bully , the type of man it would be all too easy to fall out with . |
| 2 | Shelley gazed as he sang , wondering if Dr Rafaelo had been right in saying that this act was only showmanship , with no genuine feeling or emotion in it . |
| 3 | But something deep inside told him that Bernice had been right . |
| 4 | David had been right when he 'd said that Rachel knew the whereabouts of Brooklands , for she had been there with her parents and her sister shortly after David and Jennifer 's engagement had been announced . |
| 5 | David had been right , thought Juliet excitedly , as they approached the first of a row of huge old houses . |
| 6 | Emilia Frere had been right after all . |
| 7 | Doc Threadneedle had been right about the sex . |
| 8 | Perhaps Bragad had been right . |
| 9 | Maybe , after all , Cadfael had been right to speak so simply of ‘ poor Columbanus ’ . |
| 10 | Old Josh had been right , as always . |
| 11 | Alexander had been right . |
| 12 | Good old Nate Springfield had been right about the existence of a tunnel after all . |
| 13 | Of course John , her husband , told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes : they just had n't come to her notice , so she had to eat humble pie . |
| 14 | Oh yes , Jaq 's intuition to visit Voronov-Vaux had been right . |
| 15 | After all , McNab had been right , had he not ? |
| 16 | There was no reversal of policy : Nkrumah had been right in assessing their relative positions on Africa , only now the Tories were out to show that they had shed pre-war Conservatism . |
| 17 | Nigel had been right about the rain , but she did n't hesitate . |
| 18 | Mr Barnes had been right . |
| 19 | Alain had been right , though , when he said she would finally come back and search . |
| 20 | Li Shai Tung had been right to sign the boy 's death warrant . |
| 21 | So , Silvia had been right ; he really cared about winning that race . |
| 22 | Besides , I 'd began to think that Mala had been right . |
| 23 | If anything , she was relieved at the outcome –f that particular incident — Josie had been right when she 'd said that after going so far Lucy was now marking time and getting no further . |
| 24 | Mother Jacobsen had been right ! |
| 25 | Two hours later , Kelly sat on the scales , reflecting that Cy had been right . |
| 26 | Bigwig had been right when he said the line was fresh . |
| 27 | Adam had been right , and it was in an east London near-ghetto that Shiva lived . |
| 28 | Adam had been right about the contacts she could make , but her mind was no longer in tune with business this evening . |
| 29 | Lee had been right . |
| 30 | Hendrique had been right : it was a test of inner strength . |