Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] on the right " in BNC.

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1 They were in costumes that , in spite of their crumpled shabbiness , recalled the garb of Count Arnheim in the opera of ‘ The Bohemian Girl ’ , and looked like fugitive kings and emperors beside the thick-set railway porter , in capacious velveteens , whose duty it was to put them on the right track towards the ‘ free land ’ .
2 This appears to put him on the right side of the new rulers , even if Steaua were answerable to one of Ceausescu 's brothers .
3 ‘ There is a big future for this club , and I intend to put it on the right footing .
4 But James said his son had needed some firm , fatherly advice to keep him on the right track as a teenager .
5 The hostel staff advised us about the best areas for walking , and also arranged for the essential guide , to keep us on the right path and to protect us from the buffalo .
6 It takes little to get me on the right lines .
7 No doubt , as the election approaches , the Conservatives will seek to blame everything on the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) — a close friend of the Chancellor , whom I am glad to see in the Chamber .
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