Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] right [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Most fetuses sucked their right thumb , with only 5.4% preferring their left .
2 Campaign badges and honour markings , yes , those of course , on the greaves protecting their right shanks — in many cases quartered and augmented with extra honours .
3 Kaas stretched his right foot out and prodded Adam 's thigh with it , grinning as he did so .
4 So , on 20 August , he confidently gave the order for an Austrian advance , believing there were no Russian formations to imperil his right flank .
5 We must plan the emotive path of the whole work so that tranquil periods and emotive peaks find their right places .
6 Surgeons removed her right leg above the knee and she lost her hair through radiotherapy .
7 Some 1500 native prisoners had their right hand and left foot cut off , the traditional punishment for fighting against their country : most of them died .
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