Example sentences of "get [adv prt] on [art] wrong [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Even a piece of her mind could cost you dearly if you got on on the wrong side of her .
2 PS Sorry you got off on the wrong foot with the new commander .
3 My respectful view , for reasons which your Lordships will have noted , is that both the contention of the defence and the court 's refutation of it were misconceived : the absence of consent on the part of the owner is already inherent in the word ‘ appropriates , ’ properly understood , and therefore the argument for the defence got off on the wrong foot and the counter-argument that the words specified by the defence can not be read into section 1(1) did not assist the prosecution .
4 Dyson got off on the wrong foot with Morris from the very beginning , even though Morris politely stopped writing while Bob introduced them , and sat back in his chair to look at Dyson .
5 ‘ I got off on the wrong foot , and I 'm never going to get it right now .
6 That 's what I did — got off on the wrong foot .
7 Montgomerie got off on the wrong foot by commencing with a trio of bogeys , making mistakes throughout the bag before settling down to birdie the fifth and sixth and reach the turn in 38 .
8 ‘ We seem to have got off on a wrong footing tonight , Mr Calder , ’ she said carefully .
9 ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt .
10 That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest .
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