Example sentences of "was [adv] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I think that was entirely the right thing to do , entirely the right thing to do . |
| 2 | Labanowski is on an eight-week tour , and regrettably last night was the only Ipswich performance — coincidentally , All Fools Day , which was exactly the right spirit . |
| 3 | The Trustees made a recommendation to that effect to the Bedfordshire LEA in 1930 which was accepted by the county 's Adult Education Subcommittee as the scheme ‘ had been conducted on sound lines , was distinctly encouraging , that the particular tutor-organiser was exactly the right person required ’ . |
| 4 | His dark suit was impeccable , his hair was exactly the right length , and the fragrance of his aftershave was just sufficiently elusive as to be almost unbearably tantalising . |
| 5 | If you only knew , she thought — it was exactly the right moment . |
| 6 | The club was just the right kind of venue for them to cut their professional teeth on , and she was glad to give them the opportunity . |
| 7 | By contrast with both of these other planets , the Earth was just the right distance from the Sun . |
| 8 | My brother-in-law the councillor said nothing , just stood looking down at her ; and in his eyes was just the right mixture of kindliness and a sort of authority ; and something else — a twinkle , a you-and-me-having-a-little-joke-together look . |
| 9 | Set in the centre of the altar stone 's upper surface was a small depression that was just the right size for a normal-sized version of the device . |
| 10 | The house was just the right size for us ; downstairs , an entrance hall , four rooms , a kitchen and a servants hall ; upstairs , six bedrooms and an attic . |
| 11 | With three blocks removed , it was just the right length for riding on at one end and off at the other . |
| 12 | It was just the right length to stretch taut , pulling the leg slightly back . |
| 13 | The wall was just the right height for the dog to make a leap and bark into the ear of the passers by . |
| 14 | In no time at all , the fire was blazing cheerfully , the curtains were drawn against the night , and Beth was pouring the water from the kettle into the bath ; a spill of cold water from the ewer , then another drop from the kettle , and the water was just the right temperature , the warm steam rising nicely and filling the room with a comfortable warm smell . |
| 15 | It was just the right touch . |
| 16 | Now I think it was not the right way . ’ |
| 17 | George had pointed someone out to me in the dayniter , but he was not the right person : grey haired , but too ill-looking , too old . |
| 18 | Jennie was not the right person to whom to do this . |
| 19 | I had suggested that Longman 's should send it to The Criterion , but obviously I was not the right person to review it . |
| 20 | Now he saw that it was not the right time . |
| 21 | Toby Tobias was quickest away and Desert Orchid could find no more , but the race was far from finished , for as Mark Pitman on Toby Tobias made for the winning post Graham McCourt urged Norton 's Coin to a final effort , and as the two jockeys , whips swishing , pushed their courageous mounts up the hill the cheers from the stands which moments before had been tuning up for another Dessie triumph lapsed into a disbelieving murmur : this was not the right script at all . |
| 22 | He was longing to ask Emily more about Vic , but having put her on the spot , he felt that this was not the right moment . |
| 23 | She wondered if she should confess to Connor what she had tried — and failed — to do , but when he came into the bedroom at last , she felt at once that this was not the right moment . |
| 24 | ‘ I had made up my mind to put this proposition to you today , ’ he said , ‘ but I see now that this was not the right moment to approach you , ma petite . |
| 25 | She had no idea what to do ; somehow fighting was not the right thing at this moment . |
| 26 | It may well be that he considered that it was not the right thing for him to do , after all , he was a good Jew and why should he marry a Moabite . |
| 27 | But murder was not the right term . |
| 28 | Symphony because I felt it was not the right tempo . |
| 29 | And , if so , would he recognise them as a warning that Doreen was not the right woman for him ? |
| 30 | They were in bed , which was a suitable place for erotic thoughts ; but now was hardly the right time . |