Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] right " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 've fallen in with a right bad pair there , chief .
2 They have caught on to the right idea , by saying ,
3 I thought I was being spied on by a right nutter ! ’
4 But to be capable of jumping in formation in the dark with full equipment and a bundle of supplies and then landing together in the right place takes some doing .
5 THE recovery in the housing market has come just at the right time for CALA , the Scottish house-builder , which saw interim losses nearly double to £2.85 million .
6 He can tell them in training , but they 've got to perform out there on the pitch , and probably this game has come just at the right time , after suffering a defeat like that , this is the time to get out there and show the supporters what they can really do .
7 In a way , failure to come through with the right steps is deception , because most social interaction is based on expectations of behaviour and to set up expectations and then thwart them must qualify as deception .
8 We needed a compass bearing to ensure we headed off in the right direction , a reminder that even a ‘ valley ’ walk can land the unwary in difficulties .
9 How long they had been ‘ carrying ’ their susceptibility to that cold around with them just waiting to meet up with the right bugs will depend upon the individual circumstances of each of them .
10 Sit on a stool and massage one foot at a time by placing it on your thigh , knee bent up at a right angle .
11 This explanation of urban poverty in terms of ‘ perverse incentives ’ is being picked up by the right wing in Britain and used as the basis for proposals for new policies and regulations regarding unemployment benefit , income support , and housing entitlement as they apply to lone mothers .
12 To come up with the right emotions for the President of the World , though hard work , was still so much easier than identifying her own .
13 So the problem was to come up with the right kind of songs which would still act as vehicles for the guitar — because , basically , the song itself is the most important thing .
14 It seems IBM believes all it has to do to get its way is to come up with the right marketing plan .
15 On environmental grounds , use of solvent-based product is falling and our job is to come up with the right alternative across a whole spectrum of end uses . ’
16 As the hands go down to the floor , the right knee is cocked up near the right shoulder .
17 Yeah , you 've come out with the right words have n't you ?
18 It was no coincidence that Hibs were at their most dangerous after Evans had replaced Lennon and Weir moved out to the right wing .
19 David does n't know where with the right sex you know !
20 The effect of suppression , wherever it occurs , is that stimuli presented to the left ear are destined predominantly for the right hemisphere and stimuli heard at the right ear arrive mainly in the left hemisphere .
21 The imposition of councillor Jeff Sainsbury says much about the right hon. Gentleman and about the unrepresentative character of the development corporation .
22 Bill Davies , who provided the cross , can be seen over on the right wing .
23 Therefore , a second reading would be pushed further to the right side of the network , requiring less reader effort ( cI ) .
24 Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally .
25 a vertical bar positioned usually on the right hand side of the screen .
26 TRAVEL agent Jacqui Ferguson came up with the right solution to land herself a dream trip round the world .
27 ‘ You mean if he does n't show up at the right time the opportunity wo n't occur again ? ’
28 We said no , I , I , I 'm doing everything that table says at the moment , so no , but I 'm going to give one to Shirley because she got most of the answer and then she came back with the right bit at the end as well .
29 We said no , oh , I , I , I 'm doing everything that table says at the moment , so no , but I 'm going to give one to Shirley because she got most of the answer and then she came back with the right bit at the end as well .
30 I like the idea of the sort of archways looking out to the right letting light sort of fall in and it , and make a nice pool of light ideal for somebody who 's standing , but he 's not standing in quite the right place .
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