Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [was/were] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’
2 Prime Minister John Major believed he was the right man for the job as he was a former assistant prison governor at Wandsworth and Brixton jails and was chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee .
3 Sinead — even in that mad moment — believed it was the right thing to do . ’
4 I would n't have thought he was the right bloke for this kind of operation , ’ Hitch said .
5 My family and friends were very supportive throughout the divorce because they could see it was the right thing as we were n't making each other happy .
6 I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do .
7 I know it was the right thing to do .
8 You stopped because you both decided it was the right thing to do for you at the time .
9 Before Eva had time to do a mental check list of any way that she or the students at the ICO might have offended , General Wiseman informed her that he felt she was the right person to take over leadership of the women 's social services .
10 Similarly , in the Oval Test , Sobers put in a prodigious spell of bowling , keeping at it because his captain felt he was the right bowler for the situation .
11 ‘ I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson .
12 We are sorry Q.T. day had to be cancelled but because the weather conditions were so bad we felt it was the right thing to do .
13 In the meantime , he eventually sold the Company as its peak in 1987 , he had made another small fortune , and with some 30 aeroplanes and 80 pilots on the books he felt it was the right time to let it go .
14 I had seen Come Blow Your Horn and kept my eye on what he was up to , and I knew he was the right person for that part .
15 whereas Caesar did n't take the crown because he was ambitious , he knew it was the right thing to do .
16 Would it be fair to say that you accepted his decision when you thought it was the right decision , regardless of whether he may have been depressed or he may have been under the influence of drugs or some other pressure ?
17 No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered .
18 Not only , therefore , was William party to the decision to request continuation of the supervision order , but he now looks back and agrees it was the right decision .
19 She quickly pulled it in and shoved it through the slot , hoping it was the right thing .
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