Example sentences of "have [been] the wrong " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was widely believed the committee wanted him , but insiders pointed out he may have been the wrong man for the job . |
| 2 | 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 ! ’ |
| 3 | That had been the wrong thing too . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ What if it had been the wrong house ? ’ |
| 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 . |