Example sentences of "keep [prep] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dare say a good many rabbits would have kept quiet and thought about keeping on the right side of the Chief , but I 'm afraid I 'm not much good at that . |
| 2 | That 's the caddie 's duty , to let the player keep in the right frame of mind . |
| 3 | A good number of fabliaux advise the husband simply to accept his inferiority to his wife and to allow her to continue to keep the passage of the world smooth ; at the end of Le Chevalier a la robe vermeille , " The Knight with the scarlet robe " , a husband who has surprised his wife and made the compromising discovery of her lover 's horse and robe is hoodwinked by her , and the tale concludes : ( But he who keeps to the right path should believe fully , without dispute , everything that his wife tells him . ) |
| 4 | That is how Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise first sees each week 's new adversary ; it is by flat-panel TV that Winston Smith keeps on the right side of Big Brother . |
| 5 | Michael Doohan keeps on the right side of the law , though few cops would dare book the nation 's new two-wheel hero |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Her husband , looking hard at his glass , said : ‘ You ought to keep on the right side of her , any road . |
| 8 | But those wanting to keep on the right side of the law will have to steer clear of the grape . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | PRAWNS IN DRESSING : Prawns can be very risky if they have n't been kept at the right temperature . |