Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [art] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | I groped for the right word and found it' … |
| 2 | Having decided to make your home a safe place , where do you go for the right products and service ? |
| 3 | Mungo admired Emily 's patience as she waited for the right moment to mention his proposition . |
| 4 | With — ’ she searched for the right word . |
| 5 | She groped for the right word . |
| 6 | Reading have returned to the blueprint of their 1990 title success by recalling Per Jonsson and Armando Castagna as they strive for the right formula to regain the league championship . |
| 7 | He sought for the right word . |
| 8 | He sought for the right phrase . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | With this in position he waits for the right moment to switch through the distance shot film of the city , coupled with the live action inlay of the characters . |
| 11 | I feel … ’ he struggled for the right word ‘ … responsible . ’ |
| 12 | He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head . |
| 13 | He stopped and Carrie saw his mouth tremble while he searched for the right words to say how mean and horrible Mr Evans was . |