Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] wrong [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have come at the wrong time . |
| 2 | Lives have been ruined because people have read the wrong books or looked at the wrong pictures . |
| 3 | If you 're in any doubt about it , do n't — you 'll do less harm if you leave it than if you prune at the wrong time . |
| 4 | If such a risk is accepted , sooner or later the cable will break at the wrong moment and an accident will occur . |
| 5 | ‘ If you 're looking for a Messiah or a missionary , you 're looking at the wrong man , ’ says one of John Major 's close friends , irked by the relentless calls for leadership and vision . |
| 6 | I do n't really , oh I 'm looking at the wrong bit . |
| 7 | All those wankers obsessed with the shape of Ms Zeta Jones ' num-nums are looking at the wrong asset . |
| 8 | If it is pushed at the wrong point of the swinging cycle , the motion is upset and it tends to stop . |
| 9 | But Sally shoots at the wrong target . |
| 10 | We 're look at the wrong music |
| 11 | Yes , just happened at the wrong time . |
| 12 | see you look at the wrong type of thing , that 's the type of thing you look at |
| 13 | Soon all those who dare to smile or weep at the wrong moment will be sent to the poles … a cruel ruler will seize power , everyone who does not learn to keep silent will be put in prison and the extermination of mankind will begin . ’ |
| 14 | For either student , going at the wrong pace can well mean not learning as much as the average , or not learning at all , and this is true for the highly intelligent student as well as the one with learning difficulties . |
| 15 | Poor seed-beds , dry conditions and spraying at the wrong time or the wrong rate could all explain the appearance of the yield-sapping weed . |
| 16 | However , we should not do that if we joined at the wrong exchange rate — as happened , as the hon. Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) explained , with eastern Germany . |
| 17 | IT WAS N'T a record but that grand Heriot 's FP hooker of yesteryear , Bob Tollervey , who was 16 times reserve for Scotland without ever winning a cap , could be excused for feeling that he was born at the wrong time . |
| 18 | The limp tunes appear to be played at the wrong speed , stretching them out until they become transparent and meaningless . |
| 19 | When we got in touch with the Colonel a surprisingly easy task , the military communications network superbly efficient — it turned out we had been landed at the wrong port . |
| 20 | We look like we came to the wrong party — like we brought our adopted son to his friend 's birthday , and called at the wrong address . |
| 21 | Sir : Am I alone in seeing the debate focused at the wrong end of the argument ? |
| 22 | Mare covered at the wrong time . |
| 23 | After the Palestinian militancy of Lebanon , it was like staring at the wrong side of a mirror : Palestine through the looking glass . |
| 24 | BLINK at the wrong moment on Christmas Eve and you could miss a new world record being set . |
| 25 | ‘ The main problem of the external course is that it can be an ad hoc activity bearing little relation to a current problem or systematic training scheme , and thus the wrong people can be trained at the wrong time by the wrong methods . |
| 26 | There is general dissatisfaction with direct debits being charged at the wrong time or from the wrong account and so-called ‘ phantom withdrawals ’ from ATMs . |
| 27 | B. T. Some of the inspectors always appeared at the wrong time . |
| 28 | Was silly old Eli sitting at the wrong gate ? |
| 29 | It takes effort on the part of the parent but can sometimes help them see that their child is eating more than they thought or eating at the wrong times of day . |
| 30 | And young Paul Daly , the son of Brian , had a rather one-sided 21-10 win over Martin McHugh of Carrickfergus in the under-25 singles semi-final after McHugh selected to drive at the wrong time , which was right up Daly 's street . |