Example sentences of "it [prep] the wrong [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And life 's too short to miss out on the chance of it for the wrong kinds of reasons . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |
| 3 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |
| 4 | When I phoned Kagan he told me that he had instructed his trustees in Israel to make the payment , but by some terrible misunderstanding they had paid it into the wrong charity . ’ |
| 5 | I said you 're going about it with the wrong attitude ! |
| 6 | But somehow Sampras did reach it and Forget managed to make sure with his second volley and said later ‘ … but I 'm not quite sure how I did it with the wrong grip ’ . |
| 7 | I 'd actually go a bit further and say yes we 'd like to do this , can we also look after road maintenance as well , because the road maintenance is sent out to contractors , contractors are so busy , they ca n't actually do half this work , they 've got a list as long as your arm , so pit pitfalls in in the pavements as well as as some of the motorways are n't being done because the contract 's been placed , but they 've placed it with the wrong people . |
| 8 | Everything you say , he takes it in the wrong way . |
| 9 | I do not intend to give the precise wording of a regression session on these pages because some readers might try to use it in the wrong way . |
| 10 | But at the same time , if you treat it in the wrong way , it will strike you dead . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Tennents did it in the wrong way . |
| 12 | Jon Newsome has big trouble with his cash dispenser card — he regularly puts it in the wrong way round . |
| 13 | How would the bank staff know if hed put it in the wrong way round … it just does nt ‘ suck ’ it in. unless he forces it in . |
| 14 | Even so , giving bright light at a time which should not affect the body clock or even adjust it in the wrong direction could be tested — as has already been described . |
| 15 | But the politicians are looking for it in the wrong direction . |
| 16 | far beyond their income and when they get the money they spend it in the wrong direction |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't steal your money , you stupid bitch , you must have put it in the wrong apron . ’ |
| 18 | — You get it in the wrong place , he 's had it . |
| 19 | But that line is a difficult one to draw , and some traders or lenders may inadvertently draw it in the wrong place . |
| 20 | It is very unlikely that a solar panel would chop your hand off if you accidentally put it in the wrong place , but the 36 in ( 91cm ) span of the larger wind generators can be deadly . |
| 21 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
| 22 | I may have been approaching it from the wrong angle . |
| 23 | well I do feel that a car is looked at from a performance point of view , I mean I agree that a lot of bad drivers , but I still think you could help a lot by getting the design of the car right , because sometimes accidents do happen , even though nobody is really at fault and er I feel strongly that were looking at it from the wrong way round . |
| 24 | S what in fact er Mrs said is too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you have to close she really is approaching it from the wrong way , it 's equally too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you need to have open , keep open or open and that is one of the problems which I believe this council and other councils will will face . |
| 25 | Secondly , it is only right that your doctor should know , because if there is a significant change in your condition with homoeopathy , he will ascribe it to the wrong treatment if he does not know that other therapies have also been given . |
| 26 | Fold the interlining back and lockstitch it to the wrong side of the curtains in the same way as for the lining in Lined Curtains , but stitch two vertical rows for each width of fabric at equal distances apart and along all seams . |
| 27 | I just made the whole bed and then realized I 'd put it on the wrong way . |
| 28 | All that was necessary was for the porter to replace it on the wrong nail before going to Compline , and leave her its ineffective twin . |
| 29 | Yeah , doing it on the wrong sides . |
| 30 | Why was it on the wrong side of the road ? |