Example sentences of "was [prep] [art] right [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ellen Orford in the poem is a middle-aged woman and it was fortuitous for me that I was about the right age — it 's not a part for a young soprano .
2 We need , last year , fo we found ab was about the right length .
3 Then discussion began : if it had been a man , and if he had died , the peace should be 10,000 dinars ; but Nuri was a boy , he had only been stabbed , so 2000 was about the right amount .
4 The husbandman 's argument appears to have been this : he could easily determine by the above methods whether the seed-bed was ready for the corn and whether the soil was of the right tilth : but be could not be sure that the soil was warm enough to allow the seed to germinate .
5 and she was in a right mess
6 Oh it was in a right mess , but it still did n't come out
7 Dad was in a right lather .
8 and that was in a right state .
9 He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break .
10 it was so obvious , cos they were n't spending no money on it , the place was in a right state
11 I blinked twice , not sure that I was in the right country .
12 From Becher 's second-time I was always just struggling , though jumping the third-last I was in the right position and had every chance .
13 When he was sure that Zhukov was in the right position , Kirov let him go .
14 The doctor said the baby was a nice size and he was in the right position .
15 Old Red was in the right age-group and free .
16 But I did n't lose my rag , I was in the right mood to deal with it .
17 He stood in it , his clothes and skin steaming , dripping water into the urine-scented callbox , called her number , listened to it ring , called again , saying the numbers to himself like a chant , making sure his finger was in the right hole on the dial each time .
18 of the feeling of expectancy if the wind was in the right direction .
19 The wind was in the right direction , and she heard it strike ten — and then eleven .
20 Charman , who originally considered himself a bass player , was not sure whether he was in the right band .
21 And now Mrs Stych stood rather dazedly inside the front door and wondered if she was in the right house .
22 It had been there for about a fortnight , and was in the right age range .
23 It was all nonsense , but it was in the right language and Miles was impressed .
24 If your cigarette went out the screws would come back and light it if they was in the right frame of mind : all depends who was on .
25 it existed , in reality , because Ford needed something special to tempt people into their showrooms and Shelby was in the right place at the right time to provide it .
26 But they just exhausted themselves after all these years — and I was in the right place at the right time , so they all settled on me to direct it .
27 This particular campaign may have failed but Paisley had demonstrated that his heart was in the right place .
28 However he just put in a test dose to see if it was in the right place .
29 His heart was in the right place .
30 I 'd say his heart was in the right place if I did n't doubt that , since he has so little sympathy for the victims of his young tearaways .
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