Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] the 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 | Oh that 's good , that means , that means their anal passage and his rectum were in the right shape again . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | As for the progress of the summit talks , the President insisted only that they " were on the right track " . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Gary player and Henry Cotton were two strokes behind us and the boss and I decided we were among the right sort of company . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We need , last year , fo we found ab was about the right length . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I blinked twice , not sure that I was in the right country . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | When he was sure that Zhukov was in the right position , Kirov let him go . |
| 19 | The doctor said the baby was a nice size and he was in the right position . |
| 20 | Old Red was in the right age-group and free . |
| 21 | But I did n't lose my rag , I was in the right mood to deal with it . |
| 22 | He stood in it , his clothes and skin steaming , dripping water into the urine-scented callbox , called her number , listened to it ring , called again , saying the numbers to himself like a chant , making sure his finger was in the right hole on the dial each time . |
| 23 | of the feeling of expectancy if the wind was in the right direction . |
| 24 | The wind was in the right direction , and she heard it strike ten — and then eleven . |
| 25 | Charman , who originally considered himself a bass player , was not sure whether he was in the right band . |
| 26 | And now Mrs Stych stood rather dazedly inside the front door and wondered if she was in the right house . |
| 27 | It had been there for about a fortnight , and was in the right age range . |
| 28 | It was all nonsense , but it was in the right language and Miles was impressed . |
| 29 | If your cigarette went out the screws would come back and light it if they was in the right frame of mind : all depends who was on . |
| 30 | it existed , in reality , because Ford needed something special to tempt people into their showrooms and Shelby was in the right place at the right time to provide it . |