This was what he got for trying to do the proper thing.

The proper thing for you to do is to keep out of my way.

It was not, of course, a proper thing to do.

It seemed to be the proper thing to do for the children when they return.

But she's a good girl, and she'll want to do the proper thing.

The proper thing was to kill yourself before they got you.

She wasn't at all sure of that, but it seemed the proper thing to say.

Because that was, after all, the proper thing to do.

The proper thing to do is to wait until we know all about them.

Do you think that is a proper thing to say?