Example sentences of "you [verb] [prep] the wrong [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're in any doubt about it , do n't — you 'll do less harm if you leave it than if you prune at the wrong time . |
| 2 | To get the power back on again you will now have to push against the sail as you sail on the wrong side . |
| 3 | see you look at the wrong type of thing , that 's the type of thing you look at |
| 4 | ‘ Are n't you going in the wrong direction ? ’ |
| 5 | If you get on the wrong side of Miss Trunchbull she can liquidise you like a carrot in a kitchen blender . |
| 6 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 7 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 8 | If you get in the wrong part of a ruck and they think you are stopping them getting the ball , you get raked . |
| 9 | If you lift heavy weights and you lift in the wrong way , you can obviously do yourself damage . |
| 10 | ‘ You running on the wrong side of the road , ’ I was told by one serious 10-year-old . |
| 11 | ‘ That is because you started in the wrong place . |
| 12 | ‘ You broke into the wrong house ! ’ : that was what he was thinking now . |
| 13 | Why would you go into the wrong lane to a roundabout ? |
| 14 | " You went to the wrong house , " said Alice , vaguely . |
| 15 | But if you crossed to the wrong post there was a devil of an arguament because someone ended up with only half a strip |
| 16 | During both readings tap the rhythm , and also have somebody to listen to you and tell you if you switch to the wrong rhythm . |
| 17 | Well what happens if you go to the wrong place ? |
| 18 | We ca n't really recommend such desperate measures , since we do n't want you to get on the wrong side of that civil action . |
| 19 | ‘ And , ’ Merrill continued , ‘ if you jumped to the wrong conclusion in Bruges , that 's your mistake . |