Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] the right thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure they are in a mess and perhaps you will not find the right thing , after all . ’ |
| 2 | No doubt the good doctor will always do the right thing , but can what the right thing is be stipulated in advance or written down ? |
| 3 | If ethics and the interests of the business conflict , managers and employees are invariably told that they must always do the right thing — for no other reason than that it is right . |
| 4 | And to point out to her now that she did n't know the right thing to do when visiting people like the Kirkleys would be , in a way , against the advice she had just given her , although it was n't to do with talking ; more like behaviour and deportment or some such . |
| 5 | They do n't do the right things . |
| 6 | Alejandro gets pissed off and shouts if you do n't do the right thing straight away . |
| 7 | We we were brought up to believe that if you did n't do the right thing you would be punished . |
| 8 | As Christmas and birthdays brought more Gortex , my confidence grew and developed into mild snootiness about people who did n't wear the right things on the hill . |
| 9 | Escaping from the awkward embarrassment of arty people , in whose company I can never say the right thing , I went for a Chinese meal . |