Example sentences of "[vb pp] at the wrong [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have come at the wrong time . |
| 2 | If it is pushed at the wrong point of the swinging cycle , the motion is upset and it tends to stop . |
| 3 | IT WAS N'T a record but that grand Heriot 's FP hooker of yesteryear , Bob Tollervey , who was 16 times reserve for Scotland without ever winning a cap , could be excused for feeling that he was born at the wrong time . |
| 4 | The limp tunes appear to be played at the wrong speed , stretching them out until they become transparent and meaningless . |
| 5 | When we got in touch with the Colonel a surprisingly easy task , the military communications network superbly efficient — it turned out we had been landed at the wrong port . |
| 6 | We look like we came to the wrong party — like we brought our adopted son to his friend 's birthday , and called at the wrong address . |
| 7 | Sir : Am I alone in seeing the debate focused at the wrong end of the argument ? |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | There is general dissatisfaction with direct debits being charged at the wrong time or from the wrong account and so-called ‘ phantom withdrawals ’ from ATMs . |
| 10 | Not only that , but it is placed at the wrong angle . |
| 11 | Instead we have to make do with such things as the Philips reissue of a 1982 Shostakovich Eighth , recorded at the wrong pitch ( 6/89 ) , and a five-disc Olympia compilation whose artistic quality is decidedly mixed ( 8/88 ) . |
| 12 | It was just aimed at the wrong person . ’ |
| 13 | The best advertorial in the world will be of no value at all if it is aimed at the wrong audience . |