Example sentences of "be on the right [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , you ca n't pick anything up on your radio unless you 're on the right wavelength , can you ? ’
2 ‘ You 're on the right deck — you 're just on the wrong side of the ship !
3 Dr ‘ Patterson ’ … patients here are very much consultant oriented , and no matter how much you may feel you 're on the right lines for treatment , they do expect to go along and see a consultant .
4 Right , you 're on the right lines .
5 You 're , you 're on the right lines , you 're on the right lines .
6 You 're , you 're on the right lines , you 're on the right lines .
7 ‘ Iris , if we 're on the right lines , Dora must be feeling pretty grim at the moment .
8 ‘ No , but you 're on the right lines .
9 You 're on the right lines .
10 No but you 're on the right lines now .
11 Sure we 're on the right platform ?
12 ‘ Well , you 're on the right road , but I would say you had chosen the wrong day . ’
13 ‘ We 're on the right road . ’
14 We would like to think we 're on the right road to producing a successful senior line-up . ’
15 Are you sure you are n't treating yourself to easy self-congratulation , seeking approval , making certain you 're on the right side ?
16 They 're on the right hand side .
17 ‘ D' you reckon we 're on the right track , Geoff ? ’
18 Or even more you 're on the right track , yeah .
19 But it looks as though we 're on the right track at last . ’
20 ‘ You 're on the right track , ’ he said softly .
21 Given the chance to put their MEP on the spot in Strasbourg , this generation wants to be sure they 're on the right track .
22 There 's no panic , because Gloucester know they 're on the right track and tomorrow at Kingsholm , West Hartlepool will probably find themselves rail roaded .
23 if you suffer from Mansellmania … you 're on the right channel tonight … we 've a competition coming up first news of Sunday 's grand prix in Mark Kiff 's action round up
24 I know I 'm on the right route when I spot a bus marked ‘ Pensioners Touring Kerry ’ .
25 Balding 's Beech Road appears to be on the right trail for a Champion double .
26 Any book on London that opens with Dickens must be on the right lines .
27 It may be said to be on the right lines , but at best it provides materials for an answer to the logical question , materials which it does not combine properly .
28 And he hopes future programmes will be on the right lines once again .
29 BRITISH RAIL believes it could be on the right lines for attracting more passengers in Cleveland .
30 There was then the suspense of waiting for it to come in , and my fear that we might not be on the right platform or that the Great Western had forgotten about it .
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