Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] right [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The DEA 's on-going , controlled deliveries were going right past the end of my desk . |
| 2 | M : it is — it is quite good they 've certainly kept within the + em + + preserved it reasonably well or conserved it but we were up in Aberdeen this year for a holiday and we were staying right within the University complex there in Old Aberdeen+ and + oh some of the buildings there are beautiful really they really are nice + but er I was quite impressed with it — it 's the first holiday we 've had up there + |
| 3 | Suddenly Graham realised — with a small , disquieting feeling in his stomach — that they were standing right outside a place which always made him feel apprehensive . |
| 4 | When she thought about the things he did they became even sharper , so that it felt as if an electric shock was passing right through the centre of her body . |
| 5 | I felt that I was looking right into the worms of pain in his skull , but they turned into slugs trying to eat their own tails . |
| 6 | ‘ When I found him , ’ said Charlotte , ‘ he was lying right across the path . ’ |
| 7 | Time was getting short ; she must talk to Dana , and this time she was going right to the top . |
| 8 | Absorbed by loving considerations of her tastes , Mitzi did not notice that Elisabeth was not replying , and her attention was drawn to her companion only when the peculiar noise of the latter 's choking was sounding right round the Hall . |
| 9 | Now his Dad was turning right into the estate . |
| 10 | She had looked up ; and like the sunflowers she was facing right into the heart of the brightness which preceded the sun . |
| 11 | She did n't hear the murmur until she was standing right outside the door to Luke 's private apartment . |