Example sentences of "have get the wrong [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Terrible thing to suggest and anybody who thinks that I think has got the wrong idea of this motion .
2 The hon. Gentleman has got the wrong end of the stick about how they work .
3 ‘ He has got the wrong end of the stick , ’ said Coun Smailes last night .
4 Why should she take it out on him that he 'd got the wrong voice ?
5 Margaret panicked , she 'd got the wrong number , the wrong place , the wrong advertisement , why did n't they get off the line , why did n't they leave her —
6 ‘ At first I was prepared to think you 'd made a genuine mistake — that you 'd got the wrong boat . ’
7 Perhaps when she made it clear he 'd got the wrong woman he 'd be sorry …
8 Must have got the wrong person .
9 ‘ You may have got the wrong number , dear , but it 's a stroke of luck for you … and for your baby . ’
10 So I told him I must have got the wrong number .
11 ‘ I think you 've got the wrong attitude . ’
12 ‘ Dr Penrose , ’ he said , ‘ I think you 've got the wrong idea about your position here .
13 ‘ I think you 've got the wrong idea .
14 I think you 've got the wrong idea about the people who work in TV , Sergeant .
15 But sometimes if we 've got the wrong fuse in it wo n't blow and it will continue to feed the electric current through to the heater or whatever piece of electrical apparatus it is , until such times as we have a fire situation .
16 And i and it says that you 've got the wrong ribbon .
17 You 've got the wrong name . ’
18 Our patient is either the greatest actress since Bernhardt , or we 've got the wrong girl in there . ’
19 ‘ Really , you 've got the wrong man
20 SIR , I THINK YOU 'VE GOT THE WRONG MAN — I 'M NOT OFFICIALLY ASSIGNED TO DIRTY TRICKS .
21 ‘ You 've got the wrong man ! ’ he moaned .
22 ‘ You 've got the wrong bloke , ’ I said , tasting blood .
23 So I got some of them velour curtains but I 've got the wrong size I 'll have to take them back
24 ‘ You 're very bold , ’ said Jessica , ‘ but you 've got the wrong types , we 're not a pair of easy pick-ups , you know .
25 ‘ I just hope you have n't already paid your detectives , because you 've got the wrong woman . ’
26 With savage triumph Michele said , ‘ Now tell me I 've got the wrong woman . ’
27 You 've got the wrong hat have n't you ?
28 and erm er I said , I 'm terribly sorry I 've got the wrong number .
29 ‘ No , you 've got the wrong end of the stick entirely . ’
30 No Dennis you 've got the wrong place .
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