Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] the right direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he added that , with three-quarters of the company 's business now overseas , foreign exchange rates were moving in the right direction . |
| 2 | But he added that , with three-quarters of the company 's business now overseas , foreign exchange rates were moving in the right direction . |
| 3 | He was one of the people who actually made the series , but I have to say that I never thought his career was channelled in the right direction . |
| 4 | ‘ Launch ’ is an apt term : it was never his intention to control or manipulate the Council , for it was a sovereign body under his presidency ; his duty was to see that it was heading in the right direction . |
| 5 | We might well have to wait for six months before we found a prahu which was heading in the right direction . |
| 6 | He warned Margaret Thatcher , as she prepares for a Commonwealth heads of government conference next week where the issue of sanctions on South Africa is expected to be central , against insisting that ‘ the regime ’ was moving in the right direction . |
| 7 | With most of 1962 and 1963 taken up with stage , television and film work , Crawford could reflect that his career was moving in the right direction . |
| 8 | ‘ All you 'd ‘ ave to do is stand in front of 'em and ‘ ope the wind was blowin' in the right direction . ’ |
| 9 | At least it showed that the girl 's mind was working in the right direction . |