Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applying for the right jobs |
| 2 | You will now want to make sure that your feet are landing in the right place . |
| 3 | I shall not forget how your husband helped a new and inexperienced Head to see what was wrong with the school 's Art Room , helped also in pressing in the right quarter , for its improvement — all of which resulted in a much-needed tonic for the Art teaching in the school . |
| 4 | Things which had bewildered him were clear as crystal , problems which had daunted and defied him gave like locks opening to the right key . |
| 5 | The President of the United States has to press one button , the man on the spot another : the radio frequencies are so wildly different that the chances of anyone happening on the right combination are billions to one . ’ |
| 6 | Stitch braid or fringing to the right side on the lower edge . |
| 7 | I dare say a good many rabbits would have kept quiet and thought about keeping on the right side of the Chief , but I 'm afraid I 'm not much good at that . |
| 8 | DRIVING ON THE RIGHT LINES ? |
| 9 | He 'd hired a smart car for their visit ; he joked with Mary Rose about driving on the right side of the road . |
| 10 | Is this just an aberration , if you look at the road markings , you 'll see it seems to be official , cos the road is marked out for driving on the right , and the reason is that er , traffic law in this country says , that vehicles drive on the left , except in Savoy Street . |
| 11 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 12 | The body is made entirely from maple and features some token contouring for the right arm , and a bit more round the back for the ribcage . |
| 13 | It is these needs rather than those of the plant which have left us still looking for the right materials . |
| 14 | Almost everyone concerned with education is looking for the right direction to go , and there is much talk of leadership . |
| 15 | ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’ |
| 16 | We had spent much time looking for the right place and seemed to have explored almost every corner of the country , from Devon to Cumberland , and had almost settled on a disused mill at Fisherton-de-la-Mare , near Amesbury . |
| 17 | Or maybe it was like the ball in a roulette wheel , bouncing around and looking for the right number … |
| 18 | If you are single and ambitious , then your career pattern and development will be important to you , and any prospects for promotion in the longer term are a significant factor when looking for the right opening . |
| 19 | She paused for a moment looking for the right words . |
| 20 | In this case , the researcher decides how many of each category of person should be included in the sample , but then , instead of selecting them at random from a sampling frame , the researcher goes out looking for the right number of people in each category until the quota is filled . |
| 21 | Seemed to go back and forth between the reservation and the city for a while looking for the right place to be . |
| 22 | She mounted the steps to the front door of the house and stood looking for the right bell to ring . |
| 23 | Looking for the right word ! |
| 24 | I 'm an administrator by background , and I think that 's interesting , because one of the things that we are trying to do in the health service is to open up our management posts to people of all professions , and to recognise that management is not the prerogative of any particular group , but that we 're looking for the right people to manage our services from wherever they might come , and I 'm one of three people who has a responsibility to the senior manager in the community at the top , for the managing on a day-to-day basis the health services in Oxfordshire . |
| 25 | She was stumbling for the right words . |
| 26 | While he was still searching for the right question to ask , the sound of a key in the padlock made them both jump . |
| 27 | ‘ I mean , ’ Corbett began slowly , ‘ the House of Comyn and that of Bruce must , er — , ’ the English clerk paused , searching for the right words . |
| 28 | He was searching for the right doctor — he meant a doctor for his soul — and kept falling into the hands of quacks . |
| 29 | When searching for the right adjective , bear in mind that your effect on the reader will be stronger if you can create physical sensation , if you can make the reader conjure up a colour , a texture , a smell or a sound , rather than using a word like ‘ soothing ’ , or ‘ lovely ’ or ( worst of all ) ‘ evocative ’ . |
| 30 | Emily paused , angrily searching for the right words . |