Example sentences of "keep on 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 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 . |
3 | Michael Doohan keeps on the right side of the law , though few cops would dare book the nation 's new two-wheel hero |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Her husband , looking hard at his glass , said : ‘ You ought to keep on the right side of her , any road . |
6 | But those wanting to keep on the right side of the law will have to steer clear of the grape . |