Example sentences of "all the right [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | It has all the right ingredients but somewhere during preparation something went wrong producing an unsatisfying dish with a bitter aftertaste . |
2 | A good War , with all the right ingredients and a more spectacular ending than most ( I even had my father asking me what all the explosions and the fire had been about , when I got back to the house that evening ) , but too long ago . |
3 | No one has all the right answers but there is now a willingness to share information . |
4 | It was a well-known face , he thought , a smooth , production-line politician with all the right connections and ingredients for success . |
5 | He believes all the right things but for no reasons at all or even for the wrong reasons . |
6 | You 're doing all the right things but it may be that the source of the irritation is from within your vagina rather than just on the outer labia . |
7 | My dealer says I am doing all the right things and that it 's fairly usual to lose fish with a new tank . |
8 | Poor Mr Lamont did his best to rubbish what Mr Brown had argued , but his Shadow had said all the right things and hit all the sore spots . |
9 | He did all the right things and so I had a way out . |
10 | Say all the right things and . |
11 | It was a wonderful gas lit haven with all the right smells and atmosphere , where a man could laugh , share his worries , and escape from wives ' tongues . |
12 | The net result is like sitting in a club with all the right credentials but failing to have a good time . |
13 | Traditionally the merchant banks have been the main financial advisers in a merger or acquisition deal — they traded very much on their reputation for knowing all the right people and being able to approach them at any time . |
14 | A thing that worried me all through the deliberations … was this : supposing we made all the right recommendations and supposing the Government gave effect to them in legislation , how long would it be before the judges turned everything upside down ? |
15 | ‘ And I certainly do n't think any of the other guys said , ‘ I really want to hang out with you , chase girls , go to all the right parties and live really well — so how can we do this ? ’ |
16 | In the end , after much hesitation — all Agnese 's stuff looked so expensive ! — Ronni selected a blue silk jersey dress the colour of her eyes that clung to her in all the right places and looked sensational , and a pair of matching blue sandals that , miraculously , fitted . |
17 | She curved in all the right places and could never be anything but feminine . |
18 | In fact she had all the wrong ones : flaming red hair , big bits in all the right places and an outrageous idea that life could , indeed should , be fun . |