Example sentences of "[pers pn] on the [adj] track " in BNC.
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1 | Were we on the right track at all ? |
2 | Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself . |
3 | They were in costumes that , in spite of their crumpled shabbiness , recalled the garb of Count Arnheim in the opera of ‘ The Bohemian Girl ’ , and looked like fugitive kings and emperors beside the thick-set railway porter , in capacious velveteens , whose duty it was to put them on the right track towards the ‘ free land ’ . |
4 | A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them . |
5 | It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men . |
6 | It also keeps me on the right track as well . |
7 | But James said his son had needed some firm , fatherly advice to keep him on the right track as a teenager . |
8 | I walked towards him on the stony track |
9 | To hell with reason , she was scared today : what if she 'd lost her way , and nothing could put her on the right track . |
10 | She 'll set us on the right track . ’ |