Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] the right word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon , Marie knew , would be able to find the right words to persuade Bella . |
| 2 | Her Spanish was fluent now , and she was able to find the right words . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Unable to find the right words , Gina moved her hand impulsively across the table and touched his fingers with her own , unconsciously reciprocating the gesture he had made to her earlier . |
| 5 | well I mean you 're right in a way Bob those people who seem to get on within a company some of them are people who seem to be able to say the right words at the right time do n't they ? |
| 6 | I accept that you do n't want my condolences , but if I had been able to speak the right words , they would not have been insincere . ’ |
| 7 | He found it difficult to pick the right words . |