Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv prt] the wrong " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holy Mother , she had blurted out the wrong thing already . |
| 2 | However , as I replaced the cap , to my utter amazement , I noticed it was labelled ‘ Geranium ’ — I had picked up the wrong bottle . |
| 3 | So I picked him up and I carried him , Dorothy had gone out the wrong door , instead of going out the door at that end she 'd gone right along this long corridor |
| 4 | Remember that he says he then , in his fright at what he had done , went to peer at his victim , and found that he had struck down the wrong man . |
| 5 | ‘ So you are saying plainly , ’ said Earl Robert , attentive and still , ‘ that there were two murderers , at least in intent , and this wretched brother , once he knew he had struck down the wrong man , had no reason in the world to wish him further harm . ’ |