Example sentences of "[verb] at the wrong [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have come at the wrong time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If such a risk is accepted , sooner or later the cable will break at the wrong moment and an accident will occur . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | I do n't really , oh I 'm looking at the wrong bit . |
| 6 | All those wankers obsessed with the shape of Ms Zeta Jones ' num-nums are looking at the wrong asset . |
| 7 | If it is pushed at the wrong point of the swinging cycle , the motion is upset and it tends to stop . |
| 8 | But Sally shoots at the wrong target . |
| 9 | We 're look at the wrong music |
| 10 | Yes , just happened at the wrong time . |
| 11 | see you look at the wrong type of thing , that 's the type of thing you look at |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The limp tunes appear to be played at the wrong speed , stretching them out until they become transparent and meaningless . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Sir : Am I alone in seeing the debate focused at the wrong end of the argument ? |
| 21 | Mare covered at the wrong time . |
| 22 | After the Palestinian militancy of Lebanon , it was like staring at the wrong side of a mirror : Palestine through the looking glass . |
| 23 | BLINK at the wrong moment on Christmas Eve and you could miss a new world record being set . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | B. T. Some of the inspectors always appeared at the wrong time . |
| 27 | Was silly old Eli sitting at the wrong gate ? |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Not only that , but it is placed at the wrong angle . |
| 30 | When a user says ‘ I want to introduce fonts into my document ’ he is thinking at the wrong level . |