Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] the right thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sinead — even in that mad moment — believed it was the right thing to do . ’ |
| 2 | My family and friends were very supportive throughout the divorce because they could see it was the right thing as we were n't making each other happy . |
| 3 | I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 4 | I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 5 | You stopped because you both decided it was the right thing to do for you at the time . |
| 6 | We are sorry Q.T. day had to be cancelled but because the weather conditions were so bad we felt it was the right thing to do . |
| 7 | whereas Caesar did n't take the crown because he was ambitious , he knew it was the right thing to do . |
| 8 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 9 | She quickly pulled it in and shoved it through the slot , hoping it was the right thing . |