Example sentences of "looking [prep] [art] wrong " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's like looking through the wrong end of a telescope . ’ |
| 2 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 3 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 4 | The third time she saw it Allen was with her but he must have been looking in the wrong place , for he did n't see it although she did n't understand how that could be . |
| 5 | If you ca n't find the right staff , perhaps you 're looking in the wrong place . |
| 6 | This suggests , once again , that comprehension experiments may have been looking in the wrong place for evidence of young children 's linguistic competence . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Good , fine , I 'm not surprised , I was looking in the wrong rate book was n't I ? |
| 9 | But perhaps we are looking in the wrong direction . |
| 10 | I 'm looking in the wrong |
| 11 | In fact I think the people who are looking in the direction of change in terms of parent governors and P T As etcetera are , I think looking in the wrong direction . |
| 12 | All those wankers obsessed with the shape of Ms Zeta Jones ' num-nums are looking at the wrong asset . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | So sorry I 'm looking at the wrong the wr that is the southern bypass . |
| 15 | one I 'm not sure it is , unless I 'm looking at the wrong |
| 16 | No you 're looking at the wrong one , this eight down here where it says eight and then there 's an O and a Z , that 's eight ounces which is about two and something grams , we 're not worried about grams today , in ounces , oh , think that will be enough ? |
| 17 | I do n't really , oh I 'm looking at the wrong bit . |