Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look down and check that you are handling the right lever before moving it to the DOWN position . |
| 2 | Here 's an end to worrying about totting up the calories in food and wondering whether you are eating the right thing . |
| 3 | So you 're catching the right amount of wax onto the outside of the thread . |
| 4 | It 's very likely to turn some of these children themselves into sort of er mutant monsters , er some of them behave extraordinarily badly , and yet they 're very sweet children when they 're eating the right diet . |
| 5 | Are you sure we 're going the right way ? ’ |
| 6 | erm and , and trying to er er both satisfy yourself and them that , that you know you 're getting the right sort of experience . |
| 7 | How can you be sure that you 're providing the right environment for your fish ? |
| 8 | You may feel rather unsure of what you want in life mid-June , Capricorn , but by the end of the month , you will know that you 're doing the right thing ! |
| 9 | ‘ Hope we 're doing the right thing , ’ he whispered . |
| 10 | So what I was wondering was er the scheme is in it 's infancy this and I 'm all in the favour of the decentralising in principle , but I think we ought to perhaps look at it a bit closer , and I would suggest that we have an up-to-date report at the next meeting of this committee so we can compare it over a longer term so , as that we might then reflect on a if we 're doing the right thing or not . |
| 11 | She said as she entered , ‘ My dears … ’ in a very English fashion , and she said all the usual phrases , and then to me , ‘ I hope you 're doing the right thing . ’ |
| 12 | I hope they 're doing the right thing . |
| 13 | So I believe we 're doing the right thing , I think it 's for the good of the country I think it 's for the good of the company and the shareholders . |
| 14 | ‘ I hope we 're doing the right thing , Doctor , ’ she said . |
| 15 | But , we 're doing the right thing for |
| 16 | The draught from that 's , yeah so you 're not sure whether you 're doing the right thing or not |
| 17 | You think you 're doing the right thing by eating olive oil pure oils but |
| 18 | and we can sing them and , feel that we 're doing the right thing and go our way but Lord we pray that the words we sing might be the words that we means , and the words that we say might be the things and the , the way we mean to conduct our lives . |
| 19 | I mean we hope we 're doing the right thing , and as I say the response we 're getting seems to indicate that , but we have not erm followed through each of we have a large number of participants every year , you see , in the order of about erm a hundred and fifty each year , so very difficult for you to try and follow through the fate of each of them . |
| 20 | He 's convinced though they are heading the right way . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's awfully wild , ’ she said , ‘ but you are going the right way ’ — she was proceeding east and going into the storm at the time — and she thanked me for opening the gate . |
| 22 | Local authorities must be sure they are providing the right care for children , and with increasing pressure on budgets they must know the money is well spent . |
| 23 | At least accident should occur so I 'm asking for a review of those to see if we ha we are buying the right vehicle or not . |
| 24 | Our technique is to make customers feel relaxed and make them feel they are buying the right car for their needs . ’ |
| 25 | This way , they may reason , they can get to the heart of the supplier 's promotional and sales pitch , and reassure themselves that they are getting the right deal . |
| 26 | ‘ You must be the one to tell me I am doing the right thing . ’ |
| 27 | Earlier , at the start of the FACE photo shoot , the actor had confided , ‘ I 'm not sure I am doing the right thing . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't know if I am doing the right thing , but I want to make her feel safe . |
| 29 | You have been doing the right thing by cutting out the dead wood you found in spring , but these plants do get very straggly , and to get the best out of it you will need to be a bit more ruthless . |
| 30 | In by-elections , county elections and in the European Parliament elections , the public , he said , was telling Labour : ‘ You are doing the right thing . |