Example sentences of "[verb] at the wrong [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is pushed at the wrong point of the swinging cycle , the motion is upset and it tends to stop . |
| 2 | see you look at the wrong type of thing , that 's the type of thing you look at |
| 3 | Sir : Am I alone in seeing the debate focused at the wrong end of the argument ? |
| 4 | After the Palestinian militancy of Lebanon , it was like staring at the wrong side of a mirror : Palestine through the looking glass . |
| 5 | BLINK at the wrong moment on Christmas Eve and you could miss a new world record being set . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ The sort of people who can afford handcrafted learning toys do n't shop at the wrong end of the Pimlico Road . ’ |