Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [art] right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish you two lots over there would get your act together so that people who chair the meetings were of the right calibre for a chairman and not just because it was their turn . |
| 2 | Many people were along the right lines in naming the object as a hairdressing or veterinary tool , and among the more exotic replies were a Victorian music-box , a portable printing set and a wig maintenance kit . |
| 3 | FLEET Street photographers , a pretty twitchy lot at the best of times , were in a right state at the Olympic Stadium in Rome this week . |
| 4 | ‘ My legs were in a right mess from blows which I took from Tony Cordle and I could hardly bowl for all the strapping when we took the field , ’ grinned Robinson . |
| 5 | Oh that 's good , that means , that means their anal passage and his rectum were in the right shape again . |
| 6 | As often as not , the injuries were to the right side of the body , as this was the side most usually exposed to the explosion . |
| 7 | But it was still comforting to have with us little Liena , our 19-year-old interpreter who was a very competent rock climber and all-round mountaineer , for she had climbed Elbrus in the past and could give assurance that we were on the right course . |
| 8 | If they needed further proof of their belief that they were on the right track , they were given it when they went to arrest Griffiths and were met by a hail of bullets ; after a chase in which Griffiths killed one man and wounded others , he was shot dead while resisting arrest . |
| 9 | Optimistic that they were on the right track , but aware that much still had to be done , first thing on the morning of Monday , 13 March Fleischmann sent a fax to Harwell and then talked on the phone the next day remarking that their information was incomplete , that they had much more to do before they would be confident enough and expressing irritation that they were being ‘ rushed into premature publication ’ . |
| 10 | As for the progress of the summit talks , the President insisted only that they " were on the right track " . |
| 11 | Now on Friday we were saying that Gloucester were on the right track … that West Hartlepool would be railroaded by them on saturday … bad news … the cherry and whites suffered a points failure … they went and lost by six points to twenty one |
| 12 | The , admittedly the French and the British were on the right side , they won the war , but France er was er battered in the war , lost an awful lot of people , it 's a common and although this country , although , you know , fighting in Britain , the er , British economy was also badly damaged . |
| 13 | Gary player and Henry Cotton were two strokes behind us and the boss and I decided we were among the right sort of company . |
| 14 | If you were at a right angle If it If it was two right ang er angle lines like that at right angles |
| 15 | Ellen Orford in the poem is a middle-aged woman and it was fortuitous for me that I was about the right age — it 's not a part for a young soprano . |
| 16 | We need , last year , fo we found ab was about the right length . |
| 17 | Then discussion began : if it had been a man , and if he had died , the peace should be 10,000 dinars ; but Nuri was a boy , he had only been stabbed , so 2000 was about the right amount . |
| 18 | The husbandman 's argument appears to have been this : he could easily determine by the above methods whether the seed-bed was ready for the corn and whether the soil was of the right tilth : but be could not be sure that the soil was warm enough to allow the seed to germinate . |
| 19 | and she was in a right mess |
| 20 | Oh it was in a right mess , but it still did n't come out |
| 21 | Dad was in a right lather . |
| 22 | and that was in a right state . |
| 23 | He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break . |
| 24 | it was so obvious , cos they were n't spending no money on it , the place was in a right state |
| 25 | I blinked twice , not sure that I was in the right country . |
| 26 | From Becher 's second-time I was always just struggling , though jumping the third-last I was in the right position and had every chance . |
| 27 | When he was sure that Zhukov was in the right position , Kirov let him go . |
| 28 | The doctor said the baby was a nice size and he was in the right position . |
| 29 | Old Red was in the right age-group and free . |
| 30 | But I did n't lose my rag , I was in the right mood to deal with it . |