Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year provided an instance of that , when the television cameras were congregated around the right hon. Gentleman 's home at the time of his departure from Government . |
| 2 | growing areas , from Canada to Australia , were placed in the right latitudes . |
| 3 | These lessons were given at the right time and were invaluable in later life . |
| 4 | As all the carcinomas were located on the right side of the colon , except the rectal carcinoma , which was found by rigid sigmoidoscopy , barium enema would seem to be an appropriate initial method of investigation . |
| 5 | Subalterns posted to the Indian Army were expected to kill a tiger in order to prove that they were made of the right stuff . |
| 6 | Because they were made of the right kind of iron ? |
| 7 | Six left handers were operated on the right hemisphere of whom one was affected by stimulation and also showed aphasia post-operatively . |
| 8 | However , surely if they were used in the right situations , then they could be extremely useful ? |
| 9 | ‘ You were waiting for the right person . ’ |
| 10 | I think , you know , you , you were going down the right track , you 've got ta be really . |
| 11 | Last night , he must have done about three grams of the white stuff , plus cognac to stop the shakes , plus not going to bed all night , plus having to behave like a serious grown-up with his trainer and make sure his homes were going to the right races in the right countries at the right time , plus a screaming anxiety attack about his father and Butler and the mess his life was in , plus the horrific combined effects of the morning and the country air . |
| 12 | But he added that , with three-quarters of the company 's business now overseas , foreign exchange rates were moving in the right direction . |
| 13 | But he added that , with three-quarters of the company 's business now overseas , foreign exchange rates were moving in the right direction . |
| 14 | By contrast with the previous recording , only one embolic signal was detected in the left middle cerebral artery during the whole 20 min ; again none were detected on the right side . |
| 15 | Since 1979 , there has been an increase of 15,000 uniformed officers , whereas their numbers were cut under the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) . |
| 16 | Pointing out that on thc Left Bank , Côte 304 and most of the Mort Homme had now been captured , he urged the irresolute Commander-in-Chief that all could yet be won at Verdun , if only the offensive were continued on the Right Bank . |
| 17 | Indwelling venous cannulae were inserted into the right forearm for infusion of G17 and into the left forearm for blood sampling . |
| 18 | Boxes , bags , sacks and coloured packets were piled along the right side of the store . |
| 19 | As Laura Davies was struggling with a right hand injured in a cricketing accident on the eve of the tournament , registering a 79 in the first round , Pam Wright was putting together the most meticulous of level-par 73s . |
| 20 | ‘ There was neither time nor machinery ’ , wrote Dorothy Hardisty , ‘ to ensure that each child was placed in the right religious environment . ’ |
| 21 | Briefly , under local anaesthesia a venous introducer ( USCI International Inc , Mass , USA ) was placed in the right internal jugular vein by the Seldinger technique , and the main right hepatic vein was catheterised under fluoroscopy using a 7F balloon tipped catheter ( Medi-Tech , Cooper Scientific Corp , Watertown , MA , USA ) ; repeated measurements of wedged and free hepatic venous pressures were obtained by inflating and releasing the balloon . |
| 22 | His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand . |
| 23 | That was always the portrait that was painted by the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) and I am afraid that that is occasionally true of the present Prime Minister also . |
| 24 | Her Royal Highness was received by The Right Honourable The Lord Provost of Glasgow ( Mrs Susan Baird ) . |
| 25 | We have argued that even broadcasting was biased towards the right wing and , separately , towards the government of the day . |
| 26 | Our content analysis of television during the election campaign seems to suggest that television was biased towards the right wing and , separately , towards the government of the day . |
| 27 | The purpose of my question was to extract from the right hon. Gentleman what he thought was meant not by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department but the new clause . |
| 28 | Similarly teams of medical advisers were brought down to William Osborne to inspect and comment on the level and location of medical equipment so that as the boat was built the right equipment was installed in the right place . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She was stumbling for the right words . |