Example sentences of "have [verb] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They will have to find the right balance between rule by unwieldy committee and by a chosen few ( or fewer , as at Clifford Chance , which has a partners ' council but where power , in practice , largely rests with the managing partner ) .
2 He will have done the right thing .
3 Whether he would have done the right thing by her — as they said in those days — is fruitless speculation : he was never told of the need .
4 ‘ But Ivy has turned out to be so good for me I must have done the right thing .
5 His hands relaxed from their tight grip on the steering-wheel ; she must have said the right thing for once .
6 Yes , there 's definitely there some proving , mind you , you 'll have to pick the right time of day , do you know what I mean ?
7 The most upsetting thing for me has been to see her medical notes and realise that she could have got the right treatment at home … that is if her country was n't being torn apart by war
8 If you were expecting the graceful and chaste fluidity of Swan Lake , you would surely have got the right gunk .
9 Mr. Gardiner argued that Walton J. erred in a number of respects although he may have reached the right answer by the wrong route .
10 Mark Tompkins could have found the right opening for his consistent but one paced Rosgill in the Eastleigh Handicap Hurdle at Newbury tomorrow .
11 I never got a chance to defend myself and I would n't have known the right thing to say if I had .
12 The range of variables is enormous but in each case the staff will have to make the right decision and correctly judge each trainee 's competence .
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