Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] the right thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made the mistake of not having enough of our own practical management to check that they were doing the right thing . |
| 2 | ‘ If you stopped shopping the IRA would think they were doing the right thing , ’ said Susan Wooldridge , 47 , of Hungerford , Berks . |
| 3 | Thinking they were doing the right thing , some schools set out to understand and respond to the particular problems faced by children of West Indian origin — only to discover that their parents , dissatisfied with ‘ low expectations ’ and ‘ lack of discipline ’ , were setting up their own alternative , strict , traditional schools that their children were being sent to on Saturdays . |
| 4 | ‘ You thought that you were doing the right thing . |
| 5 | Curator Andy Saunders commented that the Museum had been ‘ agonising after they had gone into the sale ’ if they were doing the right thing with WA984 and E-412 . |
| 6 | She was n't going to let Miguel know how anxious she was to choose the right thing to wear — fashionable yet not forward , pretty but not overdressed . |
| 7 | The , the that she was under , and Pearl did , Pearl was trusting her and , and knew , and so the Denise was saying the right thing , she was staying in the bedroom , never knew what was going on down there . |
| 8 | ‘ When I arrived at the river I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing because the water temperature was 4.1 degrees Centigrade and the air temperature was 1.8 degrees , ’ said Les . |
| 9 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 10 | If God would provide accommodation for my family while I was away , preferably with friends , and convince my parents that I was doing the right thing , then I would know that the trip was on . |
| 11 | He hesitated , wondering if he was doing the right thing by telling her . |
| 12 | That , says Prue , helped convince her partners she was doing the right thing . |
| 13 | Stone said nothing for a moment , staring at the CI5 man , perhaps still not sure of whether or not he was doing the right thing . |
| 14 | I wanted to be sure that I was doing the right thing and would n't regret it . |
| 15 | But they all knew he was doing the right thing in joining the Legion , for her sake as well as his . |
| 16 | Not at all sure that I was doing the right thing , I fumbled towards the nearest dish for a finger-load of food , and turned to Sadria . |
| 17 | I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing but I got up and started towards him as he finally got the clip to slide into the gun and snick home . |
| 18 | For a moment he wondered if he was doing the right thing . |
| 19 | And after phoning Julie , who had agreed to join her in Devon , she 'd also been heartened by her friend 's confirmation that she was doing the right thing . |
| 20 | Steve was doing the right thing ; he was going to marry the woman he loved even though she had a baby by another man , which was a true measure of the depth of his caring . |
| 21 | If only Miguel were here , to reassure her that she was doing the right thing . |