Example sentences of "give [pers pn] the wrong " in BNC.
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| 1 | I waved at the receptionist , who had obviously forgotten about me , as I left , saying : ‘ Sorry , the despatcher 's given me the wrong street . ’ |
| 2 | Also , if two players are standing very close to each other , the computer might give you the wrong one — repeat until you get it right |
| 3 | A lot of them were slow , and did n't know what they were doing half the time : they 'd give you the wrong medicine . |
| 4 | The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing . |
| 5 | He says , ‘ You 've been giving me the wrong club all week . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 7 | She even got round giving me the wrong answer first , which I thought was quite subtle . |
| 8 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 9 | But I think I would be giving you the wrong impression if I suggested that most of the evaluation studies with which I 've been concerned have involved this kind of conclusion , or this kind of result . |
| 10 | Had her mother given her the wrong information ? |
| 11 | ‘ I liked your family very much , but you deliberately gave them the wrong impression about me , ’ she said angrily . |
| 12 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 13 | Whoops … we gave you the wrong phone number for Xalt Inc last week . |
| 14 | ‘ I gave you the wrong impression about our relationship . |
| 15 | Also any that gave her the wrong kind of buzz . |
| 16 | Unbeknown to all , though , Harry 's bird arrived in Lisbon in 1975 , where it 's Swiss owners gave it the wrong name a nom-de-plume if you like . |