Example sentences of "have be [prep] the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | All golf and gin and bridge and cars and the right accent and the right money and having been to the right school and hating the arts ( the theatre being a pantomime at Christmas and ‘ Hay Fever ’ by the Town Rep Picasso and Bartók dirty words unless you wanted to get a laugh ) . |
| 2 | They had been on the right road , he was certain of it . |
| 3 | ( In fact , the French lines there on February 21st were no better prepared than they had been on the Right Bank , and the rejoinder that if he had not had adequate forces he should not have undertaken the offensive in the first place is almost too obvious ) . |
| 4 | A murder weapon had been discovered in Parkin 's desk , David Parkin had been in the right place at the right time and he had a conceivable motive to kill the television reporter . |
| 5 | So far I 've been very fortunate in that I 've been in the right place at the right time ; buying land and property in a subdued market then selling it on when demand is high . |
| 6 | A railway bridge crosses and then the navigation carries on as the river bends right , to be crossed by a bridge carrying pipes which have been along the right bank . |
| 7 | Paul Bodin says he 's been lucky … he 's been in the right place at the right time and has managed to take the chances … |