Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] wrong " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Coffin did not know he was on the wrong side yet , not having so far met Rose Hilaire , but he too realized that there might be a fight ahead . |
| 2 | In the bucket in the cupboard Barry the Time Sprout woke suddenly to find he was in the wrong chapter . |
| 3 | I was unable to use the public toilets since I was told I was in the wrong one whichever I went to . |
| 4 | ‘ I accept I was in the wrong , ’ said the 31-year-old . |
| 5 | The judge was impressed but reckoned it was in the wrong section . |
| 6 | Then we realised we were in the WRONG parade . |
| 7 | I could n't argue with her , knowing I was in the wrong , so in a thoroughly bad mood I free-wheeled down the hill to the Waafery , determined to go straight to bed and to Hell with the dance . |
| 8 | I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river . |
| 9 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |
| 10 | Even now he was n't going to admit he was in the wrong and apologise ! |