Example sentences of "[pron] [art] wrong " in BNC.
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| 1 | And having my kind of build , being quite big and wearing miniskirts , I know that sometimes it gets me the wrong kind of attention from boys only interested in physical relationships . |
| 2 | He says , ‘ You 've been giving me the wrong club all week . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If I 've got my pants on in the second scene , I think they 've sent me the wrong script , ’ he says . |
| 4 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 5 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 7 | What some women are suggesting at Fem Sap — abolishing masculine endings overnight — just seems to me the wrong way of going about it . |
| 8 | I waved at the receptionist , who had obviously forgotten about me , as I left , saying : ‘ Sorry , the despatcher 's given me the wrong street . ’ |
| 9 | He 'd tried , the first year , rooming with the others , and had found they still came up to him all the time with their queries — ‘ They 've sent me the wrong costume for Gypsy Baron . |
| 10 | She even got round giving me the wrong answer first , which I thought was quite subtle . |
| 11 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 12 | Well I was supposed to be but erm every single time they arrange it and they either tell me the wrong da well they told me the wrong day last week cos , they told me Tuesd they told me it was Thursday when it , when it was actually Tuesday when I was getting pissed at Scott 's house so erm it was too late by then . |
| 13 | Well I was supposed to be but erm every single time they arrange it and they either tell me the wrong da well they told me the wrong day last week cos , they told me Tuesd they told me it was Thursday when it , when it was actually Tuesday when I was getting pissed at Scott 's house so erm it was too late by then . |
| 14 | They listened to people who knew nothing about the game , to people who exploited them , people who taught them the wrong things . |
| 15 | It does n't matter if we get them the wrong way round it 'll still work out . |
| 16 | ‘ I liked your family very much , but you deliberately gave them the wrong impression about me , ’ she said angrily . |
| 17 | The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing . |
| 18 | Somehow we bought her a , bought ourselves the wrong ones . |
| 19 | It all ends on a fantasy scene in which the wrong man gets the girl and England win . |
| 20 | And like half way through it they said ehm , they 've giving somebody the wrong prize money or something , they 've giving somebody fifty pounds , they should off giving it to this other coloured women right , and apparently this women was giving it all wow man yeah man , and all this you , you know they give it to them in the end and then she won the twelve hundred pounds . |
| 21 | Faced with the same claims about the effect of words like " fair " , the courts today apply a doctrine of " mistake " which precludes all review of the expert 's analysis , unless the expert values the wrong shares or asks himself the wrong question about concepts such as fairness : see Chapter 13 . |
| 22 | The parties have to accept the expert 's decision , unless he has asked himself the wrong question of law : Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 . |
| 23 | Whichever way a point of law is resolved , including without lawyers being consulted , a decision on a point of law will stand unless the expert has asked himself the wrong question of law . |
| 24 | However , this line of challenge has been closed down by Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 , which allows challenges only if the expert has asked himself the wrong question , including a question of law . |
| 25 | A party who wishes to appeal from a decision of an expert will be able to do so only : ( 1 ) if the expert has decided the wrong issue ; or ( 2 ) if the expert has asked himself the wrong question : see 13.6.8 . |
| 26 | Whoops … we gave you the wrong phone number for Xalt Inc last week . |
| 27 | Also , if two players are standing very close to each other , the computer might give you the wrong one — repeat until you get it right |
| 28 | A lot of them were slow , and did n't know what they were doing half the time : they 'd give you the wrong medicine . |
| 29 | ‘ I gave you the wrong impression about our relationship . |
| 30 | They might look at you the wrong way , say something that annoys you . |