Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] right [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid I lost my temper and said if he 'd fallen foul of the IRA it bloody well served him right for supporting them . ’ |
| 2 | I done that numerous times today but I 'm trying to do it right by keeping it going all the time when I 'm likely to be in conversation , so there are occasional blank spaces on the tapes . |
| 3 | Well , it would serve them right for treating her like a baby . |
| 4 | The hypothesis that can explain bat navigation is a good candidate for explaining anything in the world of life , and if Paley 's explanation for any one of his examples was wrong we ca n't make it right by multiplying up examples . |
| 5 | ‘ That serves me right for going out to fetch it fresh . ’ |
| 6 | It serves them right for playing a game in which even the winners become losers if they try to repeat their success . |
| 7 | Now Holt and Harris both have many wise , enlightened and humane observations to make about some of the injustices which we inflict upon children , but as these remarks show , putting them right without inflicting equally grave injustice is no easy matter . |
| 8 | ‘ Serves you right for overdoing it . ’ |
| 9 | Serves him right for sucking up to them — being the Thinking Person 's Tory , and all that , eh ? |
| 10 | Serves him right for leaving it open . |
| 11 | Serves him right for biting off more than he could chew … but then , he 's always doing that . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Serves him right for pigging out on egg and pickle sandwiches ! ’ |
| 13 | They made me feel like a dirty slag and serve me right for getting pregnant . |
| 14 | Now is the time to prove them right by entering our Christmas literary quiz — and as an added incentive we are offering a bottle of Glenmorangie for the first correct entry drawn out of the hat . |
| 15 | Happily , before the vote of no confidence , parliament set it right by passing a new electoral law . |