Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were waiting for the right person . ’ |
| 2 | I think , you know , you , you were going down the right track , you 've got ta be really . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But he added that , with three-quarters of the company 's business now overseas , foreign exchange rates were moving in the right direction . |
| 5 | But he added that , with three-quarters of the company 's business now overseas , foreign exchange rates were moving in the right direction . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She was stumbling for the right words . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He was searching for the right doctor — he meant a doctor for his soul — and kept falling into the hands of quacks . |
| 11 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |
| 12 | ‘ Launch ’ is an apt term : it was never his intention to control or manipulate the Council , for it was a sovereign body under his presidency ; his duty was to see that it was heading in the right direction . |
| 13 | We might well have to wait for six months before we found a prahu which was heading in the right direction . |
| 14 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |
| 15 | He warned Margaret Thatcher , as she prepares for a Commonwealth heads of government conference next week where the issue of sanctions on South Africa is expected to be central , against insisting that ‘ the regime ’ was moving in the right direction . |
| 16 | With most of 1962 and 1963 taken up with stage , television and film work , Crawford could reflect that his career was moving in the right direction . |
| 17 | As far as Veronica Totteridge was concerned , Theodora was staying at the right house , riding the right sort of horse . |
| 18 | ‘ All you 'd ‘ ave to do is stand in front of 'em and ‘ ope the wind was blowin' in the right direction . ’ |
| 19 | At least it showed that the girl 's mind was working in the right direction . |