Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] do the right " in BNC.

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1 Her friends say she did the right thing .
2 A solicitor says that , technically , he DID act outside the law , but police say he did the right thing .
3 Hope I did the right thing .
4 Hope I did the right thing ? ’
5 I could call it Do The Right Emo or Do The Emo Thing .
6 It addresses the question whether it would in fact pay us to do the right thing .
7 ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’
8 So I ask them to do the right thing and put a 50 mph speed restriction , together with the CANT of the track and provided the doors are properly shut which is the responsibility of the staff not the passengers , they will have no further trouble .
9 Try to force them to do the right thing .
10 And your father and I thought you did the right thing about David .
11 It was n't easy , but I persuaded him to do the right thing .
12 If , like honesty , morality is best policy , it will pay us to do the right thing .
13 Most certainly , it would pay us to do the right thing .
14 And , obviously to get them to do the right job in the right , within the right timescales .
15 That was actually quite a productive meeting , although it took quite a time to get through it , I think we did the right thing on the continuous procedures .
16 Help me to do the right thing , she prayed silently .
17 Had she done the right thing ?
18 As adults we have active consciences which help us do the right thing .
19 Since Lord Clyde said in his inquiry report that the social workers had acted in good faith , the social workers would have to keep her children to prove they did the right thing in the first place , she said .
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