Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the wrong [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Handing him one of the cans , she drank from her own , and coughed as it went down the wrong way . |
| 32 | Remember that he says he then , in his fright at what he had done , went to peer at his victim , and found that he had struck down the wrong man . |
| 33 | ‘ So you are saying plainly , ’ said Earl Robert , attentive and still , ‘ that there were two murderers , at least in intent , and this wretched brother , once he knew he had struck down the wrong man , had no reason in the world to wish him further harm . ’ |
| 34 | Or bits that have gone down the wrong way ? |
| 35 | And once I nearly got my head flattened , cos I sent up the wrong thing and bang he sent it down and I just got my head out of there in time . |
| 36 | It 's only as their wardrobes become full that the problem arises ; garments that turn out the wrong size are going to fill one person 's space more than another 's . |
| 37 | The kitchen windows looked out the wrong way anyhow . |
| 38 | ‘ Some say they brought back the wrong ashes , and that is n't Yeats there at all . |
| 39 | ‘ It sends out the wrong signal that there should be two groups on the board of directors — the doers and the checkers , ’ said Peter Morgan , the IoD 's director general . |
| 40 | So I picked him up and I carried him , Dorothy had gone out the wrong door , instead of going out the door at that end she 'd gone right along this long corridor |
| 41 | fax numbers and things put on but that alright let's give she came back to me the other day and said I can not get this fax through and had actually typed down the wrong fax number |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | ‘ You 're barking up the wrong tree about the other address , ’ he bluffed . |
| 44 | People who feel sorry for my old bridesmaid and travelling companion are barking up the wrong tree . |
| 45 | In view of that stated aim , I was surprised to find no mention of Sherwood Idso 's claims that all of the fuss is a result of climatologists barking up the wrong tree , misled by computer models which are all making the same mistake . |
| 46 | THOSE who insisted that the Queen pay income tax were barking up the wrong tree . |
| 47 | It 's obviously never occurred to her she could be barking up the wrong tree . ’ |
| 48 | The BSDI contingents hopeful that Novell Inc will quash the suit once it takes USL over may be barking up the wrong tree . |
| 49 | Despite it all , though , you may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you 've been barking up the wrong tree . |
| 50 | You 're barking up the wrong tree . |
| 51 | Ca n't help thinking that they are on the right track and it 's we who are barking up the wrong tree . |
| 52 | Could he once again be barking up the wrong tree ? |
| 53 | DOG-lover Carole Birdsall wasn ‘ t barking up the wrong tree when she acquired her four Old English Sheepdogs . |
| 54 | His wife is going round the bend , thinking he 's under suspicion , but I 'm sure she 's barking up the wrong tree . |
| 55 | I realized then that we 'd been barking up the wrong tree . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ You 're barking up the wrong tree . |
| 57 | If they think forcing strange food down children 's throats will enhance good race relations , then they are barking up the wrong tree . |
| 58 | they 'd come out with half of one , they 'd come out with things like I think you 're er I du n no er , not barking up the wrong tree that was the wrong one , but the they 'd sort of come out with half of a pun and they would n't finish it off , like oh th , this is smashing ! |
| 59 | I forgot the departmental meeting and I bawled out the wrong kid yesterday , there 's a stack of mail that I have n't even opened in my pigeon-hole , my marking is getting pretty cursory , and I have decided regretfully that I do n't have the energy to organize the third-year science field trip this year , nor the time to prepare properly for my A-level group . |
| 60 | In the dark , panic-stricken by what she 'd done , she ran down the wrong passage , towards the sea instead of towards the land , slipped and fell to her death on the rocks below . ’ |