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 . |