Example sentences of "[verb] the right [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were taught the right way to hold the tiller and mainsheet , how to pull the sail in and out and how to ‘ tack ’ — change direction by turning the front of the dinghy into the wind . |
| 2 | It may be that you receive praise for a piece of work well done , and suddenly you feel that you made the right decision to leave the family home and strike out on your own . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ I 'm happy I made the right decision to go back . |
| 4 | If any wonder whether they made the right decision to come home and marry a British man , Dolly Howard who danced round the world had the wittiest appreciation of the difference between the continental men and the boys back home : |
| 5 | The 24-year-old star could have left in the summer but insisted : ‘ I know I made the right decision to stay . ’ |
| 6 | Basically this involves using the right foot to draw the ball into the post from the left side of the field and the left foot to do the same from the right side . |
| 7 | Given the right crime to answer for , Vologsky might well not fear death itself , but he would certainly fear to continue living . |
| 8 | They wanted to make it work though and they could n't have made it work unless they had had the I mean the right conditions to do so . |
| 9 | used to teach there and she 'd probably know the right person to write to . |
| 10 | In other words , if a minister does not know the right question to ask MI5 about a particular operation or allegation then MI5 will not volunteer any information on its own . |
| 11 | One basic defect in these methods of scrutiny is that M.P.s must know the right questions to ask . |
| 12 | If they are to study evidence they must know the right questions to ask . |
| 13 | You can make hard work of an easy job if you do n't know the right way to go . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When he gets well again , Thérèse thought : Madeleine wo n't let him remember , she does n't know the right words to say . |
| 16 | She certainly has the right bloke to do it . |
| 17 | Automatically — the writer 's habit — I was trying to find the right word to describe the scene . |
| 18 | At the BBC , we try to reproduce sounds as accurately as possible , particularly in wildlife where we go to great lengths to find the right noises to fit the locations and species . |
| 19 | That way we shall have a good idea of all the different kinds of rose , where to look to find the right variety to suit a particular purpose , and more importantly , where not to look , and what to leave alone . |
| 20 | Marie concentrated hard , trying to find the right words to give some shape and order to the confusion in her head . |
| 21 | William Troy in the Nation was similarly unable to find the right words to explain the greatness of It Happened One Night and he suggested that ‘ a good photoplay , like a good book or a good piece of music , remains always something of a miracle ’ and that ‘ beyond a certain point the mind is forced to bow down before its own inability to unravel and put together again all the parts of the shining and imponderable whole with which it is dealing ’ . |
| 22 | She tried to find the right words to explain but discovered only a great disconnection between her brain and her voice , which ensured her silence . |
| 23 | Caught off balance , Kate tried to keep her teetering emotions on an even keel as she strove to find the right words to explain what had happened in Jason 's office . |
| 24 | She was just trying to find the right words to explain why she thought Mrs Richards would enjoy meeting Abuelo Freitas 's granddaughter , when Consuelo arrived to take over the evening shift , and the conversation switched to other matters . |
| 25 | Simon , Marie knew , would be able to find the right words to persuade Bella . |
| 26 | Bobbie goes into the house , trying to find the right words to tell Mother that Father has come home . |
| 27 | It was sometimes hard to find the right thing to say . |
| 28 | It 's amazing what people would do , he said , if you found the right place to push . |
| 29 | By the time the foal had tottered and swayed and nuzzled at Firelight in all the wrong places and eventually found the right spot to have a slurp of milk , Nails was surprised to see that it was beginning to go light . |
| 30 | it To provide the Right Phrase to Describe it |