Example sentences of "have [verb] the right thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hunt thinks Mansell has done the right thing in signing with Williams . |
| 2 | She 'd said the right thing . |
| 3 | I 'd said the right thing and she 'd buttoned me as the one who signed the cheques . |
| 4 | And immediately wondered if she 'd said the right thing , for Lubor wasted no time in asking , ‘ And what are you going to do today ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll do anything , ’ I told them , and it was n't till afterwards that I realized I 'd done the right thing 'cos where else was I to go ? |
| 6 | I did n't get too much sleep that night though , wondering if I 'd done the right thing ! ’ |
| 7 | Bacci was n't sure if he 'd done the right thing . |
| 8 | And he 'd done the right thing in getting that wallet back to Blackbeard , because Blackbeard was horribly evil and would have come after them if Joe had n't been sensible . |
| 9 | William sat by the phone for a long while after he had called Preston , wondering if he 'd done the right thing . |
| 10 | He had carried her along on the groundswell of his own forceful personality , but now that the ride was over she had time to wonder if she 'd done the right thing . |
| 11 | Once they reached the canal bank , however , Robbie had no doubt that she 'd done the right thing . |
| 12 | Loretta put down the phone with a sense of unease , wondering if she 'd done the right thing . |
| 13 | He 'd done the right thing . |
| 14 | He will have done the right thing . |
| 15 | Whether he would have done the right thing by her — as they said in those days — is fruitless speculation : he was never told of the need . |
| 16 | ‘ But Ivy has turned out to be so good for me I must have done the right thing . |
| 17 | His hands relaxed from their tight grip on the steering-wheel ; she must have said the right thing for once . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , that was good , ’ he replied in answer to this , and she glowed with pleasure at having said the right thing . |
| 19 | I never got a chance to defend myself and I would n't have known the right thing to say if I had . |
| 20 | It sticks in my throat that you know we 've had to pay it but , from the point of view of the residents , we 've done the right thing by letting it . |
| 21 | So I think we 've done the right thing . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's one thing being peaceful — it 's another thing altogether not knowing if I 've done the right thing . |
| 23 | I 'm not sure if I 've done the right thing . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sick but I still think I 've done the right thing . |
| 25 | She said Monday night I , er I do n't know whether we 've done the right thing by booking this holiday she said , I 'm thinking about the travelling in the air , it 'll be in travelling for eleven hours so she said I do n't know how I 'll be , I said it 's no use looking at it like that Alice now |
| 26 | Citroen 's design director Art Blakeslee thought the company had done the right thing with Activa II . |
| 27 | The ministers concerned must have congratulated themselves that politically at least they had done the right thing by ignoring the environmental bodies and promising eight-lane motorways and an expenditure of £12.4 billion to ensure that 1992 does not leave Britain stuck in a permanent traffic jam . |
| 28 | No , she had done the right thing in ignoring the invitation to luncheon . |
| 29 | The couple thought they had done the right thing by paying £140 for a house-buyer 's survey , which had given the house a clean bill of health with only some minor exceptions . |
| 30 | We found we had done the right thing : Mr Murray was partial to a wee whiskey . |