Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Neurons do not individually have the property of consciousness , consciousness emerges when a large number of neurons are interacting in the right kind of way ; just as speed is a property not of any single component of a car , but an emergent property of the whole system when it is operating in an appropriate way . |
| 32 | But would you be writing from the right address ? |
| 33 | Or at least make sure you are listening to the right station . |
| 34 | A lifetime of measuring men 's inside legs and making weak jokes about dressing on the right side or the left — ‘ of the bedroom , I mean , sir ! |
| 35 | It is a single piece of thick stuff fastened ( as other representations show ) on the right shoulder , the unjoined edges meeting down the right side in a broad simple pattern of stepped folds . |
| 36 | Wise , operating on the right side of the pitch close to the United dugout , said : ‘ I heard nothing and I saw nothing . |
| 37 | Are you looking at the right bit ? |
| 38 | Right , so we 're looking at the right price as well , O K , and what else are we looking for ? |
| 39 | A graphics display screen could be used to switch rapidly from one map to another ; this would have the advantage of economy ( in that costly high-quality paper maps would not be needed by each participant ) and would be one way of ensuring that everyone was looking at the right map at any particular time . |
| 40 | If you jump , yes you 're looking at the right place , but you 've jumped ahead . |
| 41 | I thought you said Oaklahoma was on yesterday , are you looking at the right page ? |
| 42 | A concurrent verbal task interfered with the speed and consistency of tapping by the right hand while a visuo-spatial task interfered more with left hand performance . |
| 43 | browsing for the right sky , |
| 44 | She says she 's still waiting for the right man . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ You were waiting for the right person . ’ |
| 46 | He only sipped : tense , waiting for the right opening . |
| 47 | Bryan Gould is as good as gold and Gerald Kaufman is a happy-go-lucky bachelor who 's still waiting for the right girl to come along . |
| 48 | Kept in touch with him , waiting for the right occasion to use him . |
| 49 | He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago . |
| 50 | Peter Swales : ‘ waiting for the right offer ’ to stand down at Maine Road |
| 51 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 52 | Then nearly five more , waiting for the right time — God 's time to come out . |
| 53 | But much of Operation Gemini is about surveilance , observing known criminals and waiting for the right time to move in and make arrests , of which there have been more than a hundred and twenty since the operation started four weeks ago . |
| 54 | The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds . |
| 55 | John Delaney knew now that all along it had been hunting them , that it was still hunting them , waiting for the right moment to pick them off at will , one at a time . |
| 56 | Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment . |
| 57 | Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth . |
| 58 | Huy had delayed telling Merymose about Surere , waiting for the right moment to come . |
| 59 | I 'm waiting for the right moment . ’ |
| 60 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |