Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Focusing on the small-time hood ( Danny Aiello , the pizza parlour boss of Do The Right Thing ) who shot Oswald , this winds up as a daft romance . |
| 32 | ‘ It was a matter of finding the right story and getting a script he liked . ’ |
| 33 | It all becomes a matter of working out how to get something done in the company , and this in itself is a matter of finding the right lever to pull , since all the concentration is on political in-fighting , and only the bare minimum on the actual achievement of a competitive advantage in the real world outside . |
| 34 | She is a character , and has a biting wit , the gift of finding the right word at the right time . |
| 35 | Which Mortgage has been designed to make the job of finding the right mortgage for your particular needs as easy as possible . |
| 36 | ‘ Then you have got the tactics of finding the right stream , getting the right cover from the wind . |
| 37 | Because the purpose of homing is often self-evident ( it might , for instance , be a matter of finding the right place to lay eggs ) , the question of how they find their way is usually more interesting . |
| 38 | It is really a case of finding the right shade of ‘ sepia ’ to suit your requirements , as there can be huge differences in appearance ! |
| 39 | Carmen Dudley and Laura Wildgoose take the stress out of finding the Right Property . |
| 40 | They 've been measuring performance in terms of delivering the right product at the right time — On Time In full . |
| 41 | The correct feeling in the arms from the top of the backswing is one of leaving the right shoulder where it is and moving away from it . |
| 42 | I will sometimes arrange to discuss things on three successive Mondays , for example , or three successive months perhaps , because you never have to take a quick decision in a business , and out of the talking with people who respond to your way of working the right answer very often comes — the decisions mostly take themselves . |
| 43 | However he , he must of chosen the right place to go and er he went right up onto the hill and Mr got his shooting er and he bought the thing on the spot . |
| 44 | So I was learning from my own mistakes and others at the time er things like getting the right county where the New Brighton happen to be and things like that I was learning . |
| 45 | When you do delve further into its manual you will also find HGW very helpful on topics like choosing the right chart and making points clearly in bullet charts . |
| 46 | Parents are largely responsible for providing the right environment so that their children grow up happy , balanced and free from hang-ups . |
| 47 | In your enthusiasm to get afloat in a good breeze , it 's easy to forget about getting the right sail shape and the effect can be dreadful . |
| 48 | They failed to see that money came from success , not the other way round — Chelsea , for instance , had also paid large sums for players without creating a championship team — and that the vital factor was the genius of the manager in charge for getting the most out of his players , whatever they cost , and for buying the right man . |
| 49 | So perhaps we need to be more concerned with providing the right environment and with removing constraints than with creating ‘ master plans ’ . |
| 50 | Laing has never felt that being a compassionate employer has been at odds with doing the right thing commercially . |
| 51 | * If you are not a native speaker of English , learn where your weak spots are and check them ; you may well have problems with choosing the right preposition , inserting " the " correctly , or using " have " with the correct meaning ( see pp. 119 – 21 ) . |
| 52 | Finally , work out how long the journey will take you , including finding the right office . |
| 53 | As a result of reading such nonsense , it was implied , they were encouraged to become obsessed with their appearance and with finding the right man . |
| 54 | You got ta have the right consistency and the right colour and |
| 55 | So we need because you 've got ta have the right stuff . |
| 56 | It went better than I hoped , probably because everyone is anxious about giving the right impression , with the May elections coming up . ’ |
| 57 | Happiness is an emotional response that has become built into us and the horse for doing the right thing biologically . |
| 58 | The luck of Lyle 's caddie in picking the right year David Davies does a round of golf 's library and rejoices in one man 's rub of the green . |
| 59 | and she seemed fairly confident about her questionnaire in developing the right question in questionnaire , but I suppose that would be in conjunction with people like you |
| 60 | Senior geophysicist John Perry says : ‘ Lessons learned from other groups including the Vietnam team have been invaluable in deciding the right solution for the Nigeria operation . |