Example sentences of "find [art] right [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Automatically — the writer 's habit — I was trying to find the right word to describe the scene . |
| 2 | That way we shall have a good idea of all the different kinds of rose , where to look to find the right variety to suit a particular purpose , and more importantly , where not to look , and what to leave alone . |
| 3 | It was sometimes hard to find the right thing to say . |
| 4 | It 's amazing what people would do , he said , if you found the right place to push . |
| 5 | By the time the foal had tottered and swayed and nuzzled at Firelight in all the wrong places and eventually found the right spot to have a slurp of milk , Nails was surprised to see that it was beginning to go light . |
| 6 | Paula says that she would love to have children but has n't yet found the right man to have children with . |
| 7 | Well all that means is that you just have n't got on with him so far , or you have n't quite found the right way to get on with that person yet . |
| 8 | There 's a generous 21 speed selection to ensure you always find the right gear to suit the terrain . |
| 9 | In industry it often happens that a great deal of thought goes into the design of a project , when the real problem is finding the right person to run the project . |
| 10 | The following Saturday I began a tour of Chelsea , Fulham and Kensington , staring into shop windows up and down the three boroughs and watching young men going about their business in the hope of eventually finding the right person to run Trumper 's . |
| 11 | It all becomes a matter of working out how to get something done in the company , and this in itself is a matter of finding the right lever to pull , since all the concentration is on political in-fighting , and only the bare minimum on the actual achievement of a competitive advantage in the real world outside . |
| 12 | He had spoken earnestly , some years before , about finding the right girl to marry , about not letting his head be ruled by his heart ; but come the day , he had married because he had fallen in love . |
| 13 | It 's not a question of having the perfect body , but finding the right garment to suit you . ’ |
| 14 | Finding the right herb to cure a particular ailment requires a little research . |
| 15 | Because the purpose of homing is often self-evident ( it might , for instance , be a matter of finding the right place to lay eggs ) , the question of how they find their way is usually more interesting . |
| 16 | It may be difficult finding the right moment to air an embarrassing subject , but that 's not an excuse for shelving things indefinitely . |
| 17 | The main difficulty was in finding the right actor to play the title role of the 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock . |
| 18 | It stands to reason that you can not find the right person to do a job unless you know yourself exactly what that job is . |
| 19 | If you ca n't find the right person to talk to , you could phone one of the numbers at the end of this leaflet . |
| 20 | ‘ I promised I 'd find the right man to save Swift and then marry him . ’ |
| 21 | We 'll go in and find the right moment to speak to her . ’ |
| 22 | The lift was thankfully free and she stepped blindly into it , blinking so that she could find the right button to push . |