Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [prep] the wrong [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The falls create their own showers if the wind is in the wrong direction . |
| 2 | I like it being a passenger oh I do n't like driving and the wheel 's on the wrong side . |
| 3 | Then last week a second note , in the same handwriting , informed Mrs Allan that the search was on the wrong side of the bridge . |
| 4 | Your weight was on the wrong foot . |
| 5 | ‘ The car was on the wrong side of the road travelling fast . |
| 6 | Lighting the fire when the wind was in the wrong direction , or when there was no wind at all , took skill . |
| 7 | I looked to see if he cast a shadow but the sun was in the wrong direction . |
| 8 | When the metabolites of morphine are in the wrong ratio |
| 9 | If the logical name is not defined or the file is in the wrong format , cache will not be retrieved or stored . |
| 10 | After my canvas was half painted , however , I realised that the canvas was at the wrong angle . |
| 11 | Used when correcting proofs to indicate where a character is in the wrong typeface . |
| 12 | ’ It 's for enjoyment , and anyone who says it 's art is in the wrong business . |
| 13 | For instance , a board member whose own firm is on the wrong side of a squeeze should not misuse his board position to try and break the squeeze . |
| 14 | If you do n't have a spare or your spare is of the wrong type this does n't mean that you ca n't fit an extra drive . |
| 15 | Ell was in the wrong place and he felt sorry for her . |
| 16 | Since the infidelity is illusory , an evil plot , Claudio in verse is in the wrong medium , as it were , but unknowingly . |
| 17 | Add credit and debit sides of the trial balance , take one from the other , halve the difference and check if any item of this amount is on the wrong side . |
| 18 | The sound chip 's in the wrong place . |
| 19 | Ross 's telling of the Macduff family slaughter is in the wrong place ( later ) |
| 20 | But now the balloon was in the wrong place … it should be in front … the plane wandered away from it , sluggish and disobedient . |
| 21 | It could be that your plant is in the wrong spot , or that it is a young plant which has yet to reach the flowering stage . |