Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] in the wrong " in BNC.
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1 | I said to Claire , I said , I 'm sticking them in the wrong one . |
2 | That 's what I should have done but I got them in the wrong order . |
3 | ‘ It 's funny , ’ says Brian , ‘ they 're both so like my own kids that we often say the stork must have dropped them in the wrong homes the first time around . |
4 | Sometimes the they make a fuss if you put them in the wrong place . |
5 | Put them in the wrong places ai n't he ? |
6 | It is very unlikely that a solar panel would chop your hand off if you accidentally put it in the wrong place , but the 36 in ( 91cm ) span of the larger wind generators can be deadly . |
7 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
8 | How would the bank staff know if hed put it in the wrong way round … it just does nt ‘ suck ’ it in. unless he forces it in . |
9 | a lot of sixteen year olds are still having trouble with decimals like that and they 're adding them in the wrong place . |
10 | He was still shuffling videos on the shelves as if having suddenly noticed that someone — herself , probably — had replaced them in the wrong order . |
11 | You want to avoid getting them in the wrong order or dropping them , so number them in the top corner , and link them together with a tag . |
12 | He was trying to put her in the wrong again . |
13 | I do not intend to give the precise wording of a regression session on these pages because some readers might try to use it in the wrong way . |
14 | But that line is a difficult one to draw , and some traders or lenders may inadvertently draw it in the wrong place . |
15 | — You get it in the wrong place , he 's had it . |
16 | Everything you say , he takes it in the wrong way . |
17 | My Higher Self was warning me that this project , though attractive , would take me in the wrong direction , and would be a costly mistake . |
18 | You 're burying her in the wrong grave . ’ |
19 | It was risky — the sentry would be sure to hear their horse as it picked up speed — but crossing the dangerous waters of the Severn at night was riskier , and would point them in the wrong direction for Winchester . |
20 | Fate had put her in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man . |
21 | ‘ Tennents did it in the wrong way . |
22 | ‘ I did n't steal your money , you stupid bitch , you must have put it in the wrong apron . ’ |
23 | Jon Newsome has big trouble with his cash dispenser card — he regularly puts it in the wrong way round . |
24 | far beyond their income and when they get the money they spend it in the wrong direction |
25 | But at the same time , if you treat it in the wrong way , it will strike you dead . ’ |
26 | Even so , giving bright light at a time which should not affect the body clock or even adjust it in the wrong direction could be tested — as has already been described . |