Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pos pn] right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Youth team coach Ray Hankin takes over as manager until the end of the season , with veteran midfield player Mick Tait acting as his right hand man . |
| 2 | Washed , warmed , with a shaven patch and an adhesive dressing behind his right ear and a second large brandy nursed gratefully in his hands , Gus told his story ; though not , perhaps , quite ingenuously . |
| 3 | The other he was tapping on his right thigh , slapping out a rhythm , perhaps the accompaniment to the tuneless refrain he was humming . |
| 4 | The Melrose stand-off was suffering from ‘ bruising to his right thigh , ’ a consequence of his club 's narrow , last-ditch league win over Jed-Forest . |
| 5 | It went into the back and arms and was worse on lifting , coughing , yawning , and on lying on her right side . |
| 6 | The attacker throws a right front kick 1 : the defender sidesteps and jumps forward , punching with his right hand to the body and preparing to grab the kick . |
| 7 | A balanced tree is one in which the number of levels hanging from its left branch is very close to the number of levels hanging from its right branch . |
| 8 | His right elbow was leaning on the arm of the chair and his wide forehead was resting in his right hand as if he were suffering from migraine , troubles , fatigue . |
| 9 | After a brief examination , it became evident that the lady 's pain was coming from her right kidney , and as it was in waves , or ‘ colicky ’ , my aunt was led to believe it was from the renal vein — which leads into the kidney — and as this organ felt hard , a conclusion was reached that our patient probably had a kidney-stone blocking the hollow vein . |
| 10 | Blood was dripping from her right hand , The sight of it gave her a funny cold feeling inside , and the thought flashed through her mind : ‘ Shall I be able to paint again ? ’ |
| 11 | She put her hands on the bedspread , looked into his eyes , an anxious searching as her gaze shifted about his face , first focusing on his right eye , then his left , then slipping to his mouth . |
| 12 | And they kept the glass panel wide open and Shifty-Eyes sat on the jump seat , twisted round so he could keep the knife blade resting on my right ear . |
| 13 | Repeat the exercise , this time kneeling on your right knee , and exercising the left leg . |
| 14 | ( 3 ) On starting the downswing , pull with your left hand and arm while , at the same time , resisting with your right hand . |
| 15 | Reach over to your left side , curving from your right arm . |
| 16 | And I was sitting at his right hand . |
| 17 | ‘ Hello , darling , ’ he called waving with his right hand while trying to keep the dogs at bay with his left . |
| 18 | His gob of saliva dribbled down then clung , warping the image of the turtle head as though the corresponding section of the enemy Titan was bubbling , rheum leaking from its right eye . |
| 19 | Repeat exercises 7–10 on your left side — raising your left arm and bending your left leg and leaning on your right side . |
| 20 | His helmet slipped over his head three furlongs out and was dangling under his right armpit passing the post , falling off a few strides later . |
| 21 | He stood swaying , almost on the point of collapse , his arms hanging limply by his sides , the revolver dangling from his right hand . |
| 22 | ‘ Ginger hair , tanned face and that scar , stretching from his right eye to his mouth . |