Example sentences of "he [verb] the right " in BNC.

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1 I desperately wanted him to see the right ‘ way to go ’ .
2 ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’
3 It was n't easy , but I persuaded him to do the right thing .
4 My mother was always telling him to measure the right amount with the cap of the bottle , but it was n't his style .
5 he also opened up early at the wicket and had a tendency to bowl from the edge of the crease , which caused him to get the right shoulder in front of the left as he delivered and , with hardly any follow through , the only way he could generate any great speed was by a late acceleration of the bowling arm .
6 Anfield 's record-breaking striker is certain that neither Blackburn Rovers ' financial clout nor their present League position can ever console the Scot that he made the right decision on that dramatic day in February 1991 .
7 Obviously , I think he made the right decision . ’
8 ‘ No , it is n't Matthew , although I pray he made the right decision . ’
9 History has shown that he made the right choice .
10 And , as he enters the last week of a career which spans more than 30 years , he knows he made the right choice .
11 And although he produced the right paperwork , they could n't understand it .
12 With the help of a night nurse he found the right room and tiptoed in .
13 He found the right formula with ‘ Killer ’ , but how effective will the rest of his samples prove ?
14 And worse , before an extraction he used to clank about in a tin box , producing a series of hideous forceps and examining them , whistling softly , till he found the right one .
15 For a while the man stood muttering and cursing as he clanked his heavy ring of keys , but at last he found the right one and they stepped on to the moonlit track which ran down like a strip of silver through the overhanging trees .
16 Since he was n't sure of the date , it took a little time , but there was no missing it when he found the right volume .
17 He found the right formula with ‘ Killer ’ , but how effective will the rest of his samples prove ?
18 Anyway he has the right approach and I 'm sure something will result . ’
19 ‘ Well , he has the right sort of contacts in the government .
20 And surely our reasons for allowing this are close to those suggested by the tripartite definition ; he has the right answer , and not by luck .
21 ‘ He does if he has the right people and financial backing behind him .
22 He has a long way to go but he has the right attitude . ’
23 One day he 'll want some , I 'm sure , when he meets the right person . ’
24 Has he made the right choices , and can he suggest the current direction of American art with just these three candidates ?
25 He adopted the right test and asked whether in the circumstances this mother 's decision was within the band of what a reasonable mother would do .
26 He shows the right spirit .
27 Throughout the whole of life , Man is happy or unhappy in so far as he discovers the right admixture for his life of these quite distinct manners of using energy .
28 He touched the right cuff of his pullover .
29 In fact Nathaniel had grown into a dissolute of considerable proportions by the time Dowd entered his employ , and could not have cared less what kind of creature Dowd was as long as he procured the right kind of company .
30 If he gets the right sort
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