Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First of all , the available evidence is not of the right kind . |
| 2 | All aluminium saucepans including those from Buckingham Palace here collected in July nineteen forty but unfortunately it was not of the right grade and so housewives then suffered for the rest of the war and having to cook with inferior pans . |
| 3 | Willis exclaimed , " Not with the right sort of woman in the room ! |
| 4 | If these are not in the right position for your track , you can make fixings with special plasterboard plugs , but you should then avoid hanging heavy curtains . |
| 5 | ‘ Because I 'm not in the right mood for studying . |
| 6 | ‘ If I 'm not in the right mood I get very guarded and do n't want to talk to people . |
| 7 | They are not in the right order . |
| 8 | I know they 're numbered but they 're not in the right order . |
| 9 | ‘ By his own admission , Gordon was not in the right frame of mind to play at Norwich . |
| 10 | The Scottish international has been dropped because he 's not in the right frame of mind . |
| 11 | It is sour grapes , they say , because the candidates no doubt sent in many copies of their CV without response ; fell by the wayside in competition with better candidates ; failed to convince the would-be employer that they were right for the job ; or were just plain unlucky and not in the right place at the right time . |
| 12 | If there are not enough lawyers , or they are not in the right place , knowing that a solicitor can be of assistance is of no value . |
| 13 | She had no prejudice against any of the Army 's trigger-happy desperadoes — not in the right place . |
| 14 | She 'd pictured giving herself to a man , but not until the right time and the right one came along . |
| 15 | takes it but surely not from the right position . |
| 16 | They did try to kill the piglet , but as they were quite frightened and obviously not from the right background , they were not very practical about it . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's like Elinor says , you 're not on the right wavelength . ’ |
| 18 | Otherwise , if the oil is not at the right temperature , you end up boiling the food rather than deep-frying it . ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps before this time the seas were not at the right temperature or did not have the chemical composition to favour the deposition of the lime from which most marine shells and skeletons are constructed . |
| 20 | The class gets used to performing at a particular speed and also the movement becomes greatly disturbed if not at the right tempo . |
| 21 | Kate was n't in the right mood for him . |
| 22 | She was looking for a pensioner but , you were n't in the right street . |
| 23 | But it still is n't in the right place . |