Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two families , who have had no contact and do not plan to meet , face a week of agony before knowing if they were given the right child . |
| 2 | We were taught the right way to hold the tiller and mainsheet , how to pull the sail in and out and how to ‘ tack ’ — change direction by turning the front of the dinghy into the wind . |
| 3 | ‘ It is n't very high on my list of priorities but I guess I 'd change my mind soon enough if I were to meet the right person . ’ |
| 4 | I stopped and asked if we were going the right way for the castle . |
| 5 | But Town take delight in proving people wrong … mind you they had to fight all the way against Wolves and there must have been times when they wondered whether they were going the right way … |
| 6 | We made the mistake of not having enough of our own practical management to check that they were doing the right thing . |
| 7 | ‘ If you stopped shopping the IRA would think they were doing the right thing , ’ said Susan Wooldridge , 47 , of Hungerford , Berks . |
| 8 | Thinking they were doing the right thing , some schools set out to understand and respond to the particular problems faced by children of West Indian origin — only to discover that their parents , dissatisfied with ‘ low expectations ’ and ‘ lack of discipline ’ , were setting up their own alternative , strict , traditional schools that their children were being sent to on Saturdays . |
| 9 | ‘ You thought that you were doing the right thing . |
| 10 | Curator Andy Saunders commented that the Museum had been ‘ agonising after they had gone into the sale ’ if they were doing the right thing with WA984 and E-412 . |
| 11 | ( Last time I saw him there was in the first half vs Arse , where * Hodge * ! was given the right side … |
| 12 | In practice the solution was to find the right placement for the children , rather than try to help the parents , child or care staff to adjust to each other . |
| 13 | She was n't going to let Miguel know how anxious she was to choose the right thing to wear — fashionable yet not forward , pretty but not overdressed . |
| 14 | Another famous Marxist , Edouard Bernstein — who was to lead the right wing of Social Democracy — began to challenge this position in 1890 . |
| 15 | Dalziel did n't mind being invested in as long as it was done the right way . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Whether it was pointing the right way to capture who planted the bomb , we are still checking . ’ |
| 18 | For example Mrs Snell , who was looking after her husband said that she could still manage to look after him at home ; she was doing a little more for him than last year because he was physically frailer and more uncooperative , but she was getting the right amount of help and was quite satisfied . |
| 19 | I knew this , I was doing it I was getting the right answer ! |
| 20 | The , the that she was under , and Pearl did , Pearl was trusting her and , and knew , and so the Denise was saying the right thing , she was staying in the bedroom , never knew what was going on down there . |
| 21 | ‘ When I arrived at the river I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing because the water temperature was 4.1 degrees Centigrade and the air temperature was 1.8 degrees , ’ said Les . |
| 22 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 23 | If God would provide accommodation for my family while I was away , preferably with friends , and convince my parents that I was doing the right thing , then I would know that the trip was on . |
| 24 | He hesitated , wondering if he was doing the right thing by telling her . |
| 25 | That , says Prue , helped convince her partners she was doing the right thing . |
| 26 | Stone said nothing for a moment , staring at the CI5 man , perhaps still not sure of whether or not he was doing the right thing . |
| 27 | I wanted to be sure that I was doing the right thing and would n't regret it . |
| 28 | But they all knew he was doing the right thing in joining the Legion , for her sake as well as his . |
| 29 | Not at all sure that I was doing the right thing , I fumbled towards the nearest dish for a finger-load of food , and turned to Sadria . |
| 30 | I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing but I got up and started towards him as he finally got the clip to slide into the gun and snick home . |