Example sentences of "[prep] be [prep] the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caspar said , in a rather flat voice , ‘ At least we can be sure of being on the right road . ’ |
| 2 | His first two were classic cases of being in the right place at the right time . |
| 3 | She was coming along the opposite pavement on foot and was looking up at the buildings as if she were not sure of being in the right street . |
| 4 | Glenn , who has one daughter and two grand-daughters , said he was very impressed with the NHS but thinks his was a case of being in the right place at the right time . |
| 5 | Basler have a knack of being in the right place at the right time for acquiring military disposals , their ramp is currently full for former Canadian Armed Forces Daks , awaiting their turn for conversion . |
| 6 | They do nt even create his goals — he s just got that luck/knack of being in the right place for deflections etc . |
| 7 | ‘ My houses have to be about the right thing , ’ he told Endill . |
| 8 | Of course the dictator would have to be of the right political colour , or he might shoot the wrong people . |
| 9 | It would be important to be on the right side of the nuns too . |
| 10 | Balding 's Beech Road appears to be on the right trail for a Champion double . |
| 11 | ‘ My friends tend to be on the right hand side , as it were , but we shall be impartial . ’ |
| 12 | Their idea seemed to be on the right track but the quantities of helium were never going to fill an airship . |
| 13 | Chris said it was obvious you would have to be on the right side . |
| 14 | It may be said to be on the right lines , but at best it provides materials for an answer to the logical question , materials which it does not combine properly . |
| 15 | The Oxford Saints certainly appear to be on the right track . |
| 16 | We need to ensure that our white collar members have the help and the support and the advice available to them , but that help and that advice needs to be at the right time and at the right place . |
| 17 | Apart from the pure nostalgia generated among those of us who know the route well , it was enlightening to hear from Russell of the practical problems and time involved in making such a film — 200+ hours and many journeys , hoping to be at the right place at the right time — and , as always , the great unknown — the weather . |
| 18 | The genealogical framework was the narrative , and it was essentially unconnected with any particular time : it was a sequence which had to be in the right order , and it explained how living people and the loyalties which linked them , came to be . |
| 19 | But there 's lots of wildlife around , if you happen to be in the right place at the right time , and not singing a Betty Boo number at the top of your voice . |
| 20 | We expect Jesus to be in the right place at the right time , therefore his choosing of male apostles was quite deliberate , which must have theological significance and definite implications for the ministry today . |
| 21 | You have to be in the right place at the right time , you hear there 's a place going , then you grab it . ’ |
| 22 | The knack in dowsing is to be in the right frame of mind , not caring too much what answer you get , but at the same time having a clear idea of what you are looking for , otherwise you are opening yourself up to a very wide ‘ waveband ’ and things will get very confused . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not being modest about it , but I was lucky to be in the right place at the vital moment ’ , he says . |
| 24 | In some ways , the coaching world is like a jigsaw , in as much that when a piece of the puzzle which one felt was the perfect fit is found not to be in the right place after all , then it goes somewhere else and another piece has to be found to fill the gap . |
| 25 | Ex-soldiers such as Mike would travel from one army to the other , hoping to be in the right army at the right time . |
| 26 | Like policing , it is also a matter of flair , of the ability to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 27 | Field men know that pollution does not crop up at random and one of the arts of enforcement is to be in the right place at the right time — or at least to know where to look , for a particular problem in this form of enforcement is to forge a link between act or event and offender . |
| 28 | I 'm not proud , it 's just that I want to be in the right place . |
| 29 | So the criminals move freely around the galaxy , pursing their profession , and the FedPol must swallow its frustration and hope one day to be in the right place at the right time to catch a big-time wrong-doer in the act . |
| 30 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |