Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] the right [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We must not only abide by a precise form , but also build up the right waves of emotion to give it full human significance .
2 It always seems to me that you 've got a set of results , and if you come to write them up , and you know they 're obviously wrong , you 're going to get a lot more marks if you put down the right values — or what should be the right values — so you end up fiddling things eventually .
3 He said : ‘ If we cut off the right hands of thieves in this country , we would be well off — because then there would be no burglaries . ’
4 You 've got to lift the whole lot off the wall and unthread the curtains and put back the right number of rings and hooks and it 's a palaver and I have n't done it .
5 If you need favours granted in any area , seek out the right people for the job .
6 For external comparison , we give in the right hand column of the table , a comparable figure ( where available ) derived from a fairly representative sample of modern English .
7 ‘ I 've often watched you in the past and wondered how you know exactly the right time to enter the bidding , the right time to leave , ’ Moran praised .
8 Pick out the right folder , if it 's got a tab on it .
9 With time running out , another Bob Daynes surge down the right wing earned a corner for 'Mill , and it was Daynes himself who crossed the ball to pick out brother Peter who was unmarked in the penalty area to score with a thumping header into the roof of the net .
10 Now make a circle with your head , let it drop onto your chest , roll the head over the left shoulder , let it drop behind you and roll over the right shoulder and back onto the chest .
11 Come and find out the right way to approach an emergency .
12 Note how the right leg is still flexed , but the see-saw has n't hit the ground , although the bulk of the body weight has transferred to the right side .
13 Note how the right hand plays the rhythm and then its exact mirror in the next bar .
14 Is that significantly different from zero right , well you just go down the right hand column in degrees of freedom until we reach thirty .
15 Economy detergent dispenser A dispenser with sections for normal and economy washes means you always use just the right amount of powder or liquid .
16 If those tests turn out the right way tomorrow — ’ she glanced at her watch , remembering they were now in the early hours of the morning — ‘ or rather tonight , it 'll be worth bringing Parkin in . ’
17 Make sure the brushes go back the right way up — match them with the side you have not yet removed .
18 Sometimes slime algae can be very difficult to shift , even though you do all the right things .
19 They might turn up on time and do all the right things , or they might not .
20 John Gallagher 's 39th-minute drop goal gave Leeds the edge at 7–6 until Eastwood , 26 , struck after a blistering 40-yard dash down the right flank by Hull centre James Grant .
21 I wonder why the right people are so rarely asked to help until it 's too late ?
22 He would reach up catch the chain on the left hand side with his hook — a quick pull — a plop and on came the light — and the poor chap had to circle the city again in the morning and pull down the right hand side to extinguish them .
23 You need just the right bag to transport your Sun Protection Factor 10 — a plastic one saying ‘ Dan Air ’ wo n't do .
24 In general it would seem that keys a minor third apart have just the right degree of conflict , and are well suited to this technique .
25 The Czech orchestra were by this time a pretty good ensemble , and have just the right timbre and tonal blend for Dvořák .
26 If you feel like crying , too , Bloomsbury publishers have just the right antidote .
27 Who else but Runcorn could give an impromptu hour-long lecture on any geophysical topic and probably have just the right slides in his pocket to support it ?
28 So what you need to do with these is work out the right way round that they should go and the answer is a number and you need to put the numbers in there do n't you .
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