Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] the wrong [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My only other close encounter with a paraglider was finding one grounded in a quagmire in the Arrochar Alps , where the poor man had come down in the wrong glen , leaving him miles to walk back to any road . |
| 2 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 3 | A bright red Porsche came in from the wrong end , ignoring the arrows and signs . |
| 4 | How could she be expected to cope with stupid computers that had n't the wit to understand a simple error , or calculators that came up with the wrong numbers ? |
| 5 | It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through |
| 6 | This error is like climbing below a col , and coming up on the wrong side of it . |
| 7 | I would have no difficulty whatever in going on any hustings and waxing eloquent about foul sewage coming up in the wrong places . |
| 8 | He docs his homework ( though incorrectly ) , he raises his hand during discussions ( though he usually comes up with the wrong answer ) , he keeps his nose in his book during free study periods . |
| 9 | In some cases you will find that three times the drift on the outbound leg is too much , and the outbound heading comes out on the wrong side of the wind . |