Example sentences of "they [vb past] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a good atmosphere and they got the right result . |
| 2 | And it surely is som something that the people of Wiltshire can be glad that they made the right decisions in May , that they have n't got that administration , |
| 3 | If any wonder whether they made the right decision to come home and marry a British man , Dolly Howard who danced round the world had the wittiest appreciation of the difference between the continental men and the boys back home : |
| 4 | Some of it was clearly new to them , and er , they made the right responses . |
| 5 | They found the right house , and climbed the dark stairs to a miserable little room . |
| 6 | For the first two and a half years of his life he was in and out of hospital until they found the right medication . |
| 7 | Food supplements for pigs ensured they received the right amount of nourishment which ensured British farmers did not suffer a competitive disadvantage with others in the EC . |
| 8 | I kept them clean and well-dressed , made sure they ate the right things , had regular dental checks and all that , but some of my methods were unorthodox for the time . |
| 9 | Mossop could not remember the address and it required several false starts and wrong turnings before they located the right house , one grey-dashed end-of-terrace dwelling among the featureless many that spread like silt round the fenced-off acres of pipelines and flares . |
| 10 | One thing is absolutely certain and that is nearly all the US companies that set out down the T.Q.M. route 10 years ago are still convinced they took the right decision . |
| 11 | Conservative politicians were over-confident that they knew the right policies , and to a large extent they were contemptuous towards the professional teacher . |
| 12 | When they reached the right room , Loretta thanked her guide and went inside . |
| 13 | I do try to give the rescue teams some feedback on the casualties , so that they know whether or not they did the right things . |
| 14 | Nastiest : Barbara Ellen 's comments in the gossip column about The La 's and The Farm desperately trying to convince their mothers they did the right thing in not aborting them |
| 15 | Some policy-makers also wonder if they did the right thing in opting for ‘ managed competition ’ . |
| 16 | Since Lord Clyde said in his inquiry report that the social workers had acted in good faith , the social workers would have to keep her children to prove they did the right thing in the first place , she said . |
| 17 | Although they are cross with themselves for being so soft , in the end they discover that they did the right thing because it is Gollum who shows them the way to Mount Doom , and Gollum who finally disposes of the Ring . |
| 18 | Four in five employees surveyed believed they had been turned down for jobs because they were too old , even though they had the right skills . |
| 19 | This , coupled with the gossip that for some time surrounded the couple , soon convinced the constables they had the right people . |
| 20 | Much emphasis was put on the importance of identifying the key decision-takers and making sure that they had the right information — much was made of the necessity of their getting a balanced picture on which to take their decisions . |
| 21 | They had the right religion , they were hard-working , and had small families which they could afford to keep in decent circumstances . |
| 22 | Well I think , I think that the difference is that if you 're , they were obviously establishing themselves from seed and they picked the right spot and they got themselves anchored . |