Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that wretched Richard , ’ she added impatiently , ‘ Has got me right in a corner by bringing that nice man here and letting him invite Dickie down to Devon . |
| 2 | That the revolution must succeed does not , of course , follow from the economic argument alone , even if Marx has got it right . |
| 3 | I do not believe that British Rail has got it right . |
| 4 | So whether he did n't believe that I , I 'd got them right or not I do n't know but the answers were there . |
| 5 | I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right . |
| 6 | well yes , yes I wondered whether I 'd got it right you know , it sounded just a silly thing to ask and erm and I erm had to consider that probably asked whether I had erm made a mistake in my shorthand before , before I actually typed it but erm , anyway they seemed erm reasonably satisfied and everybody was very kindly and erm considerate and |
| 7 | ‘ You c-ca n't … ’ she spluttered , trying not to panic that , if she 'd got it right — and she could n't see how else this swine of a man could threaten her — he was saying that her job was on the line ! |
| 8 | So why could n't he have got it right last night ? |
| 9 | This new book shows how good manners held nineteenth century society together … but with all we know about what was really going on , can the Victorians really have got it right … |
| 10 | Perhaps she should have put him right there and then , but at the time it had not seemed terribly important , for instantly , chameleon-like , his demeanour had altered . |
| 11 | Stephen Roche , who has been spending the season preparing for the two big tours of Italy and France , seems to have got it right . |
| 12 | It 's time people gave some of our youngsters the credit for realising the state the country is in and knowing that they are the ones who are going to have to put it right — and are prepared to work hard to do so . |
| 13 | All I want to do is go through a few aspects of your statement , to make sure I 've got them right . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Let me make sure I 've got them right , ’ she said . |
| 15 | Still , it 'll help if I can check out my answers against yours — to make sure I 've got them right . |
| 16 | W first of all though I think I 've got them right this time I hope , the World Health Organization , charities , the United Nations , the European Commission erm foreign business organizations and l the bodies that lay down regulations er for activities . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think there 's anyone now who thinks we 've got it right , but we are all struggling to do that . ’ |
| 18 | That way you know you 've got it right . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm afraid they 've got it right . ’ |
| 20 | Let's hope they 've got it right . |
| 21 | Scudamore said : ‘ It was a very difficult decision , and I hope I 've got it right . |
| 22 | Check back to see if you 've got it right . |
| 23 | and let me see if I 've got it I 've got it right . |
| 24 | I know they 've had several attempts at that but we still do n't think they 've got it right . |
| 25 | I do n't think it 's impossible , but we just need to make sure , that we 've got it right . |
| 26 | In fact , I think you 've got it right , fantastic though it may seem . ’ |
| 27 | He grinned at Rain and Mona and happily promised Eliot : ‘ You 're going to love this one , I reckon we 've got it right this time . ’ |
| 28 | If we 've got it right … … tell us ! |
| 29 | ‘ They want to make quite sure we 've got it right before they optimise the race car for Estoril . ’ |
| 30 | sorry can , can we get to the question again , want to see if I 've got it right , correct me if I 'm wrong , over the eighty schemes and the five years that you had put forward budgets for all , you had n't included a contingency fund element ? |