Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] wrong way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Drink went down the wrong way . ’ |
| 2 | Lili 's cigarette smoke went down the wrong way . |
| 3 | Or bits that have gone down the wrong way ? |
| 4 | Whether Rainbow remembers or not , history will never know , because she is too busy choking on a gulp of tea that has suddenly slipped down the wrong way . |
| 5 | My Bud went down the wrong way and I had a fit of choking . |
| 6 | Handing him one of the cans , she drank from her own , and coughed as it went down the wrong way . |
| 7 | Hits it so low , he knocks it off and he comes down the wrong way and lands on top of us . |
| 8 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
| 9 | Our personalities are different , and we rub each other up the wrong way almost immediately . |
| 10 | ‘ Even though Father always manages to rub me up the wrong way . |
| 11 | More than once flight recorder transducers have been found to be connected up the wrong way round , showing a turn to the left when in fact it was a turn to the right or showing a nose-up attitude when it was really nose-down . |
| 12 | Pushing his arms into the waistcoat , which he then buttoned up the wrong way in his confusion , he pointed to the girl who had lifted the veil of wet hair from her face and was peeking out of one eye . |
| 13 | But you know what I mean ; when a marriage or relationship is going wrong and it 's like everything that one person says or does n't say , or does or does n't do , seems to rub the other one up the wrong way . |
| 14 | Trouble was , he never would listen to orders , rubbed everyone up the wrong way . |
| 15 | Instead , here she was , creeping around her own house like a burglar , trying to avoid a man who rubbed her up the wrong way . |
| 16 | Unless you 've been calling my bluff since day one , you should be able to see off any mere mortal who rubs us up the wrong way . ’ |
| 17 | As an outsider , probably being the only Englishman in the quarries , you know I I think they were surprised , the fact that it was a local family , I think that 's what really rubbed them up the wrong way . |
| 18 | ‘ Just that I seem to rub you up the wrong way ? |
| 19 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 20 | Somehow you can put up with and even smile at a stranger or workmate 's silly antics and daft behaviour , but when someone close to you starts rubbing you up the wrong way you 'll explode . |
| 21 | I reckon those people 'll be going up the wrong way . |
| 22 | You must have touched her up the wrong way . |
| 23 | It is very difficult to do this satisfactorily ; the experienced reader can nearly always see where the joins have been made and , of course , for the student the exercise in beginning research has been carried out the wrong way round . |
| 24 | She tried to sound playful , but somehow the words came out the wrong way . |
| 25 | The kitchen windows looked out the wrong way anyhow . |