Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sought for the right word . |
| 2 | He sought for the right phrase . |
| 3 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 4 | In his slow crawl from the corner as he peered for the right number through the flooding windscreen , it had seemed an odd neigh-bourhood for the Fight Game : well-weeded drives , well-painted houses , the cars as recommended by Which ? and Ratepayers ' Association posters in several windows . |
| 5 | ‘ It was banked and a pillar of smoke rose from the right wing . |
| 6 | There was little room for lesbians to be out in the first half of this century , unless of course they moved in the right literary or aristocratic circles . |
| 7 | It was Trainer himself who deftly headed in a right wing free kick at the start of the second period , but Ballycastle came back to equalise through Woods with two minutes to go before Gorman 's winner settled an exciting tie . |
| 8 | This was an important loss of potential moderate middle class support , who moved to the right wing in opposition to the republic . |
| 9 | The main problem with MI6 at the time was that all the senior people were amateurs who had joined MI6 only because they had gone to the right school , wore the right sort of tie and dined at the right clubs . |
| 10 | It seemed like the right sort of thing to say . |
| 11 | It seemed like the right reaction as well , because everyone thought we were ambient intellectuals going around posing in mirrors and stuff . ’ |
| 12 | The illuminated sail was reversible , so that it always sailed in the right direction to ensure authenticity . |
| 13 | When I intervened in the right hon. Gentleman 's speech he replied in such confusion that I thought it best to give him time to reflect , and to ask my question again later . |
| 14 | They came from the right hon. Member for Brent , North ( Sir R. Boyson ) ; from the hon. Member for Hendon , South ( Mr. Marshall ) ; from the hon. Member for Lancaster ( Dame E. |
| 15 | In my judgment , both Potts J. and Phillips J. came to the right conclusions for the right reasons . |
| 16 | ‘ You want gracious elegance , you came to the right place . ’ |
| 17 | I did n't realise , by the way , that Kathleen was a ‘ rebel ’ , but if so , — apart from Winnie perhaps — she came to the right house ( or House ) . |
| 18 | The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task . |
| 19 | With correct positioning , to ensure the join came at the right point with the stairs , and a generous overlap , we could cut the correct angle through both . |
| 20 | It all came at the right time , she said , at exactly the right time . |
| 21 | ‘ You came at the right time to save me and Hawkins . ’ |
| 22 | Sometimes Julia accompanied her , and as they travelled home one day Carrie said thoughtfully , ‘ You know I never wished Ma dead , Julie , but I 've got to admit her death came at the right time for me . |
| 23 | It came at the right time . |
| 24 | Ghandi came at the right time , you know . |
| 25 | Say you were too tired this morning to remember to ask for permission to get up early to meet me and then woke at the right time and did n't want to let me down . |
| 26 | Then , by what actually occurs , you will be able to confirm that you have in fact turned in the right direction to reach your track . |
| 27 | By the time Mr Carlisle arrived in the right Roman town days after the original date for the hearing he was left wondering if it had been worth the bother . |
| 28 | When he arrived at the right house he checked the number carefully against his piece of paper . |
| 29 | Sabine concentrated solely on making sure the appropriate pieces got into the right rooms . |
| 30 | In a series ‘ designed to open the door to classical music ’ , it would help if the door led into the right house ! |