Example sentences of "[be] the wrong [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what kind of women you 've associated with , Luke Calder , but , believe me , it must have been the wrong kind ! ’ |
| 2 | It was widely believed the committee wanted him , but insiders pointed out he may have been the wrong man for the job . |
| 3 | Isobel began to feel that her life had been the wrong way round , that Africa had been no training at all , with its comparatively easy , impersonal requirement of Christian love , for these savagely difficult demands for daughterly love . |
| 4 | ‘ What if it had been the wrong house ? ’ |
| 5 | That had been the wrong thing too . |
| 6 | That had been the wrong thing to say . |
| 7 | Some mental quirk had had her jumping — wham , bam ! — to an instinctive conclusion , but it had been the wrong conclusion . |
| 8 | Like the fact that the plugs are the wrong size , or the electrical system is completely inadequate or , in the case of the Brighton Centre in 1988 , that there are many different ceiling heights in the exhibition area ! |
| 9 | TOILET seats are the wrong size and provide insufficient thigh and buttock support . |
| 10 | This may seem self-evident , but it is not unknown for people to purchase extremely attractive and reasonably priced extremely attractive and reasonably priced items only to find , when they take them home , that they are the wrong size , or that the colour and design clash with their decorative scheme . |
| 11 | When I worked in industry in the 1970s , people took investment decisions for tax reasons , which are the wrong reasons for taking such decisions . |
| 12 | ‘ If we make assumptions , and they are the wrong assumptions , we will jeopardise the mission . ’ |
| 13 | The deputy general manager of the Cairngorm Chairlift Company , Tim Whittome , said last night : ‘ Their heads and feet are the wrong way round , but it would be impertinent to point it out to them . ’ |
| 14 | If the machine does n't try to access the A : drive , i.e. the light stays off , either the BIOS has been instructed , in the set-up , not to seek the A : drive , or both floppy drive connectors are the wrong way round . |
| 15 | Most of the flowers are the wrong way . |
| 16 | It gradually becomes apparent to every adolescent male that the only thing most penises have in common is that they are the wrong shape or size as far as their owners are concerned . |
| 17 | It does n't matter what I do today , but if Jane when she goes upstairs or Jamilla are in a bad mood or are the wrong people for the job , they can affect our residents ' lives . |
| 18 | They are the wrong people in the wrong place at the wrong time . |
| 19 | ‘ And some of the trees are the wrong height . ’ |
| 20 | Hundreds more are in our prisons , which are the wrong place for such people . |
| 21 | Her boss told Hilary : ‘ You took it like a man , although you 're the wrong shape . ’ |
| 22 | These other gods exist , but they 're the wrong gods . |
| 23 | They 're the wrong size for you |
| 24 | I think they 're the wrong size actually , I think they 're a size too big |
| 25 | I quite like plain but they 're the wrong colour |
| 26 | should of been but they 're the wrong colour |
| 27 | Yeah we know they 're there but they 're the wrong kind for you darling . |
| 28 | Can you move those sweets cos they 're the wrong kind for her and they just |
| 29 | If sometimes they 're the wrong decisions … too bad . |
| 30 | ‘ Take my kids to sea for two weeks , just two weeks , and if at the end of those two weeks you really believe that the cruise-cure wo n't work , or if you 're convinced that you 're the wrong guy for the job , then send the twins home . |