Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chief executive may know what change is needed , but has to wait for the right time to introduce it . |
| 2 | First , it is appropriate for those working with a child to try to communicate at the right level ; this means introducing language structures with which the child is already familiar and trying to ensure that the content of conversations is appropriate to the child 's ability to understand and to her interests . |
| 3 | Go late if you want to keep to the right hand side of the course and early if you want to use the left hand side . |
| 4 | The Irish have been so busy praying for the winners that they must have forgotten to ask for the right weather . |
| 5 | But those wanting to keep on the right side of the law will have to steer clear of the grape . |
| 6 | It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment . |
| 7 | Now what 's going to happen along the right hand axis we go up to twenty and so we can go along there in twos and it 'll just fit on . |
| 8 | We are beginning to look in the right direction , and there is a genuine urgency . |
| 9 | ‘ John Major began to put across the right message on Europe , ’ the former Prime Minister said . |
| 10 | Whoever he finally chose would have to come from the right stable . |
| 11 | Although just what she had done with all her unencumbered time since he 'd moved the rest of them to Almsmead , other than take an excessive interest in the mill-school he 'd had to build to keep on the right side of that damned , interfering Factory Act , he was uncertain . |
| 12 | ‘ Are you listening to me ? ’ he demanded when she failed to laugh at the right point . |
| 13 | It turned out that Morais and Bertelson obtained a significant advantage for those stimuli which appeared to come from the right side of space . |
| 14 | Principles are like the moon that can be reflected in a thousand pools — if we choose to look in the right direction into a pool . |
| 15 | ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola . |
| 16 | Gur , Gur and Marshalek ( 1975 ) discuss findings which suggest that people who typically move their eyes in a leftward direction prefer to sit on the right side of a classroom ( looking towards the front ) . |
| 17 | The feeling for the good player who tends to have an aggravating fade with tee shots , is one of turning in the backswing and then almost trying to sit on the right foot until the moment of impact , the club getting there before the body unwinds . |
| 18 | He spent the final trying to get in the right position to win the race . |
| 19 | Teachers need to take children 's ideas seriously , and avoid making them feel that they have to search for the right answer , hidden somewhere in the teacher 's head . |
| 20 | Erm I do look for opportunities to talk to people about God but I , I certainly think that you have to wait for the right opportunity because , if people are ill or very down , then it often is n't the right time when they 're vulnerable erm to try and erm talk to them about something . |
| 21 | It will soon learn to walk at the right pace . |
| 22 | If you have played DEFECT ( this means we have to look at the right hand column ) , the best card I could have played would have been DEFECT too . |
| 23 | As John Sutton said , ‘ It 's like a tandem with six people on it who all need to pedal in the right direction . |
| 24 | Learn to operate in the right mode . |