Example sentences of "that [noun] have be right " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was worth knowing that Edwin had been right . |
| 2 | But something deep inside told him that Bernice had been right . |
| 3 | Of course John , her husband , told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes : they just had n't come to her notice , so she had to eat humble pie . |
| 4 | Besides , I 'd began to think that Mala had been right . |
| 5 | Two hours later , Kelly sat on the scales , reflecting that Cy had been right . |
| 6 | I now had the distinct impression that headvoice had been right all the time , that it was in fact down to me , or rather the old ‘ guilty conscience ’ ( which is well known to be capable of playing up without proper cause ) , playing tricks with my head . |
| 7 | The other two grown-ups would see that Maman had been right in her judgement . |
| 8 | Its existence demonstrated for Engels that Marx had been right in arguing that commonality was the oldest form of social existence . |
| 9 | I realised then that Iris had been right . |
| 10 | Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran . |
| 11 | This he was entitled to do , but the fact that he did it aroused Congress to the realization that Gandhi had been right when he announced upon his retirement that India was still a prison , but now the superintendent was allowing the prisoners to elect the officials who ran the jail . |
| 12 | Pilcher 's first trials with the Bat in the summer of 1895 showed that Lilienthal had been right to insist that a horizontal tail surface was essential , and after modifications Pilcher succeeded in making a number of short downhill glides , but the dihedral angle was still too great for lateral stability . |
| 13 | On March 21st , a despatch from Falkenhayn admitted that Rupprecht had been right about the British not being able to take the offensive , and at the same time it ordered the withdrawal of three of his divisions for the general reserve . |