Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] the right thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure they are in a mess and perhaps you will not find the right thing , after all . ’ |
| 2 | And to point out to her now that she did n't know the right thing to do when visiting people like the Kirkleys would be , in a way , against the advice she had just given her , although it was n't to do with talking ; more like behaviour and deportment or some such . |
| 3 | Alejandro gets pissed off and shouts if you do n't do the right thing straight away . |
| 4 | We we were brought up to believe that if you did n't do the right thing you would be punished . |
| 5 | But when you loved it , did n't you I mean I know I did when I was a young person first drinking erm I definitely had the feeling that if I was drinking to excess I was n't doing the right thing , whereas the impression we give in Oxford that drinking to the excess is perfectly acceptable behaviour . |