Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] right [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Applying for the right jobs
2 You will now want to make sure that your feet are landing in the right place .
3 I shall not forget how your husband helped a new and inexperienced Head to see what was wrong with the school 's Art Room , helped also in pressing in the right quarter , for its improvement — all of which resulted in a much-needed tonic for the Art teaching in the school .
4 Things which had bewildered him were clear as crystal , problems which had daunted and defied him gave like locks opening to the right key .
5 The President of the United States has to press one button , the man on the spot another : the radio frequencies are so wildly different that the chances of anyone happening on the right combination are billions to one . ’
6 Stitch braid or fringing to the right side on the lower edge .
7 I dare say a good many rabbits would have kept quiet and thought about keeping on the right side of the Chief , but I 'm afraid I 'm not much good at that .
8 DRIVING ON THE RIGHT LINES ?
9 He 'd hired a smart car for their visit ; he joked with Mary Rose about driving on the right side of the road .
10 I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke .
11 The body is made entirely from maple and features some token contouring for the right arm , and a bit more round the back for the ribcage .
12 After spending all last seaon looking for a right back we now sell one !
13 Oooh … heres a thought … maybe Strachs injury looks quite bad , and Wilko is looking for a right back , so he can have Kelly as a choice for right midfield aswell as right back ( and striker ) .
14 If you are single and ambitious , then your career pattern and development will be important to you , and any prospects for promotion in the longer term are a significant factor when looking for the right opening .
15 It is these needs rather than those of the plant which have left us still looking for the right materials .
16 Looking for the right word !
17 Almost everyone concerned with education is looking for the right direction to go , and there is much talk of leadership .
18 ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’
19 We had spent much time looking for the right place and seemed to have explored almost every corner of the country , from Devon to Cumberland , and had almost settled on a disused mill at Fisherton-de-la-Mare , near Amesbury .
20 Seemed to go back and forth between the reservation and the city for a while looking for the right place to be .
21 Or maybe it was like the ball in a roulette wheel , bouncing around and looking for the right number
22 In this case , the researcher decides how many of each category of person should be included in the sample , but then , instead of selecting them at random from a sampling frame , the researcher goes out looking for the right number of people in each category until the quota is filled .
23 She paused for a moment looking for the right words .
24 I 'm an administrator by background , and I think that 's interesting , because one of the things that we are trying to do in the health service is to open up our management posts to people of all professions , and to recognise that management is not the prerogative of any particular group , but that we 're looking for the right people to manage our services from wherever they might come , and I 'm one of three people who has a responsibility to the senior manager in the community at the top , for the managing on a day-to-day basis the health services in Oxfordshire .
25 She mounted the steps to the front door of the house and stood looking for the right bell to ring .
26 She was stumbling for the right words .
27 When searching for the right adjective , bear in mind that your effect on the reader will be stronger if you can create physical sensation , if you can make the reader conjure up a colour , a texture , a smell or a sound , rather than using a word like ‘ soothing ’ , or ‘ lovely ’ or ( worst of all ) ‘ evocative ’ .
28 ‘ When I left you last night you were positively down in the dumps ; today you 're — you 're … ’ she made a helpless gesture with her hands , searching for the right adjective ‘ … you 're sizzling !
29 After some time of searching for the right facility they have had to go back and build something anew .
30 While he was still searching for the right question to ask , the sound of a key in the padlock made them both jump .
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