Example sentences of "be right but " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you 're right but there are not many who would shift the blame on to a brother 's shoulders . |
| 2 | In a way they were right but , thankfully , I was never hanged though I was close to it on many occasions . |
| 3 | Its heart is in the right place , the detail is right but the texture is wrong . |
| 4 | It was decisive and at times attracted public support because she seemed to be taking action which the public overwhelmingly thought was right but never thought any government would have the nerve to carry out . |
| 5 | Your first prescription was right but a new remedy is now needed . |
| 6 | They soon learned that an internally consistent paper with logical relationships to what had gone before stood a better chance of acceptance than something which was right but new : civil servants after all knew little about the industry and had little basis on which to judge proposals except consistency with what had gone before . |
| 7 | I felt I was right but my stock was low on this establishment . |