Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] the right word " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I grow chrysanths we have to do erm I 'm not getting the right word . |
| 2 | Sometimes , when writing we repeat a word unknowingly and when we read it again we recognise that our pen has slipped back over old ground : we have not found the right word . |
| 3 | She told herself off for not being attentive enough , for not finding the right words to encourage him to go on . |
| 4 | I wanted to speak to her but I could not find the right words . |
| 5 | Even though words are my trade , I do n't know the right words . |
| 6 | When he gets well again , Thérèse thought : Madeleine wo n't let him remember , she does n't know the right words to say . |
| 7 | And I know she knows , but I worry that maybe I have n't said the right words the right way . |
| 8 | Erm er I was concerned when my Noble Friend said that he 'd looked up Hallsbury but that it did n't contain the right words , er er I rather wonder whether he looked up so to speak the right version or the last version . |
| 9 | Most of us get muddled , most of us ca n't find the right word , most of us ‘ um ’ and ‘ er ’ at various points as we 're talking . |