Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] on the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
| 2 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 3 | Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself . |
| 4 | Then she walked with me to a bus stop — I had to take one step every two minutes , and that in slow motion — waited with me , put me on the right bus and reminded the conductor where to let me out . |
| 5 | It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's definitely put me on the right tracks for the future . |
| 7 | If you put it on the right feet it 's clearly one of the best available . |
| 8 | LEFT Especially if you are not used to fitting a check chain , take care to ensure that you put it on the right way round . |
| 9 | But make sure we put it on the right side though ! |
| 10 | And then you 've got him on the right hand side look making cheese , this is brother again , that 's not brother . |
| 11 | It also keeps me on the right track as well . |
| 12 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 13 | They were in costumes that , in spite of their crumpled shabbiness , recalled the garb of Count Arnheim in the opera of ‘ The Bohemian Girl ’ , and looked like fugitive kings and emperors beside the thick-set railway porter , in capacious velveteens , whose duty it was to put them on the right track towards the ‘ free land ’ . |
| 14 | This appears to put him on the right side of the new rulers , even if Steaua were answerable to one of Ceausescu 's brothers . |
| 15 | Set him on the right path with a good education . |
| 16 | ‘ There is a big future for this club , and I intend to put it on the right footing . |
| 17 | She 'll set us on the right track . ’ |
| 18 | Unionists proved quite able to handle the new mass electorate , and their efforts to gear up to meet new challenges in and after 1911 had set them on the right road . |
| 19 | But James said his son had needed some firm , fatherly advice to keep him on the right track as a teenager . |
| 20 | Hit it on the right , . |
| 21 | The hostel staff advised us about the best areas for walking , and also arranged for the essential guide , to keep us on the right path and to protect us from the buffalo . |
| 22 | Grant felt a hammer blow strike him on the right breast and a searing pain in his right bicep . |
| 23 | What Alice could not forgive herself was that she had been taken in by it all well , she had had the sense to get out in time , and meet people who could lead her on the right path … |
| 24 | There was a ditch the other side of it , which should present no problems provided they met it on the right stride . |
| 25 | It takes little to get me on the right lines . |
| 26 | Our team will point you on the right road towards a slimmer , healthier figure , with dietary and fitness advice tailored to your needs . |
| 27 | To hell with reason , she was scared today : what if she 'd lost her way , and nothing could put her on the right track . |
| 28 | Instead of hanging the whole of the weight , hang only the left hand hook of the weight , placing it on the right hand stitch about two rows from the top of the knitting . |
| 29 | ‘ That 'll get us on the right footing , ’ he said , ‘ and no arguments . |
| 30 | These are all roads where the pedagogical tradition has pointed signposts in the wrong direction , making us search for English ( the nature of English conversation , at least ) where it is not — and where only a careful analysis of natural conversational data can get us on the right road again . |