Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] the wrong [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All those wankers obsessed with the shape of Ms Zeta Jones ' num-nums are looking at the wrong asset . |
| 2 | But perhaps we are looking in the wrong direction . |
| 3 | We may have many hundreds of clients accessing that database all passing over large pieces of code , and obviously this Four G L code is not a message-based protocol , it is in fact a language which we 're using in the wrong manner . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're living in the wrong country , that 's the trouble , ’ he said , grinning broadly as he spoke . |
| 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 | Well if we 're looking in the wrong Emmy , if we 're looking at at general er spread-shot advertising , i we 're in a market which is much tougher than we we sometimes appreciate . |
| 7 | If you ca n't find the right staff , perhaps you 're looking in the wrong place . |
| 8 | And then they take their jackets off and rush down the road at five thousand miles an hour and when you say to them , but you 're going in the wrong direction . |
| 9 | We 're look at the wrong music |
| 10 | It does n't seem the slightest use having leadership if you 're leading in the wrong direction . |
| 11 | You 're not doing anything with your life because as usual you 're facing in the wrong direction and going the wrong way . |
| 12 | ‘ You do know , of course , that you 're pointing in the wrong direction , ’ Gabriel stated . |
| 13 | You 're playing in the wrong league with those Taigs . ’ |
| 14 | You 're talking to the wrong man on this . |
| 15 | You , you 're talking to the wrong man on this , I 'm not in sympathy with you , you see . |
| 16 | The large proportion of the impressions made to what they see , how they visualize you , so if you look a mess you 're backing on the wrong foot , you give , you 're getting off to a bad start straight away and be aware of hidden signals that you 'll give your emanating . |
| 17 | But you can spare very much trouble because there are times when you can say to someone , ‘ At this point , you are going in the wrong direction . ’ |
| 18 | Richard is often afraid we are staying in the wrong place , have chosen the wrong country for a holiday , are , in some way , missing something . |
| 19 | Many press releases are poorly written , irrelevant to the newspaper or journal to which they have been sent , often are mailed to the wrong person on a publication , and are incredibly boring . |
| 20 | Apparently , one out of every 16 signposts at crossroads in the region are pointing in the wrong direction . |
| 21 | Fiona : They are facing in the wrong direction . |
| 22 | I do n't really , oh I 'm looking at the wrong bit . |
| 23 | We 're two thirds of the way along I thought , Sheila , I said , I 'm heading for the wrong bridge . |
| 24 | I 'm going round the wrong way . |
| 25 | This needs to be handled with care because if the separations are printed in the wrong order the effect will be completely different . |
| 26 | Where proceedings are commenced in the wrong court , the court can transfer the proceedings to the correct court , allow them to continue where they are or strike them out ( r 7.12 ) . |
| 27 | Where proceedings are commenced in the wrong court or transferred in contravention of the APO they are not rendered invalid and it is not possible to appeal against a final order on this basis alone ( APO , art 21 ) . |
| 28 | Where proceedings are begun in the wrong county court the court , in the absence of agreement between the parties , may either transfer the proceedings to the correct court , order the proceedings to continue in the court in which they were commenced , or order them to be struck out . |
| 29 | Since they are working on the wrong side of the law anyway , they 're not too worried . |