Example sentences of "be [verb] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | At least accident should occur so I 'm asking for a review of those to see if we ha we are buying the right vehicle or not . |
| 32 | Our technique is to make customers feel relaxed and make them feel they are buying the right car for their needs . ’ |
| 33 | This way , they may reason , they can get to the heart of the supplier 's promotional and sales pitch , and reassure themselves that they are getting the right deal . |
| 34 | ‘ You must be the one to tell me I am doing the right thing . ’ |
| 35 | Earlier , at the start of the FACE photo shoot , the actor had confided , ‘ I 'm not sure I am doing the right thing . ’ |
| 36 | I do n't know if I am doing the right thing , but I want to make her feel safe . |
| 37 | You have been doing the right thing by cutting out the dead wood you found in spring , but these plants do get very straggly , and to get the best out of it you will need to be a bit more ruthless . |
| 38 | In by-elections , county elections and in the European Parliament elections , the public , he said , was telling Labour : ‘ You are doing the right thing . |
| 39 | Remember that your colleagues need your reassurance too , to confirm that they are doing the right thing . |
| 40 | ‘ Cleo , have you asked yourself whether you are doing the right thing ? ’ he asked . |
| 41 | If it is your first work of fiction of any great length , I think you are doing the right thing putting it forward for appraisal by the Eastern Arts Board , you are lucky in your part of the country to have this . |
| 42 | ‘ What I do is follow the money and make sure the people who are spending it on my behalf are actually the right sort of people , and are doing the right sort of job . ’ |
| 43 | Being primed with the relevant background information can make you much more confident that you are saying the right thing to the right person . |
| 44 | It would be very carefully calculated and they 'd be given the right amount of the proteins that they could use to grow , because in the first years of life there 's very rapid growth and development is n't there ? |
| 45 | The sentence can only be assigned the right truth conditions , or alternatively be given the correct semantic representation , if the pragmatic significance of and in this sentential context ( namely the " and then " interpretation ) is taken into account before doing the semantics . |
| 46 | The Government 's principal task in the months to come will be to restore the right mix of monetary and fiscal policy — now badly out of balance — so that interest rates have a better chance of coming down , and staying down over the long run . |
| 47 | To avoid these situations it is important for pilots to be taught the right technique for the take-off run . |
| 48 | Once you 've chosen a company , try to visit the premises to discuss your d-i-y project , and to ensure you 'll be hiring the right equipment for the job . |
| 49 | Supposed to be going the right way . |
| 50 | I 'm not even sure that I 'm doing the right course . |
| 51 | I 'm doing the right thing , thought Lee . |
| 52 | Also make sure I 'm doing the right thing as well . |
| 53 | But I thought the main concern would be finding the right building for a museum of this type , and that there would be no need to buy any pictures for it . |
| 54 | The problem will be finding the right type of assistance — John Clarke has been excellent , but I also need the McConnells , Martins and Filgases of this world . |
| 55 | ‘ I want him to live forever but I know I 'm making the right decision even if he dies . |
| 56 | Sorry to start that way up , but still that 's the way , should n't do it that way I get confused whether I 'm putting the right word down . |
| 57 | Tins if originally opened upside down , can be stood the right way up on shelves to look unused , provided that rough and dangerous edges are made quite safe first . |
| 58 | The coin looked as if the minter struck it on a single die , punching the image in the metal in repoussé , so hard that the inverted ear on the reverse would appear on the other side , and could be read the right way round in shallow relief when the coin was turned over . |
| 59 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
| 60 | Students are often uncertain whether they are taking the right kind of notes to help them survive and succeed at college . |