Example sentences of "[am/are] the wrong " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the fact that the plugs are the wrong size , or the electrical system is completely inadequate or , in the case of the Brighton Centre in 1988 , that there are many different ceiling heights in the exhibition area ! |
| 2 | It does n't matter what I do today , but if Jane when she goes upstairs or Jamilla are in a bad mood or are the wrong people for the job , they can affect our residents ' lives . |
| 3 | TOILET seats are the wrong size and provide insufficient thigh and buttock support . |
| 4 | The deputy general manager of the Cairngorm Chairlift Company , Tim Whittome , said last night : ‘ Their heads and feet are the wrong way round , but it would be impertinent to point it out to them . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And some of the trees are the wrong height . ’ |
| 6 | This may seem self-evident , but it is not unknown for people to purchase extremely attractive and reasonably priced extremely attractive and reasonably priced items only to find , when they take them home , that they are the wrong size , or that the colour and design clash with their decorative scheme . |
| 7 | It gradually becomes apparent to every adolescent male that the only thing most penises have in common is that they are the wrong shape or size as far as their owners are concerned . |
| 8 | They are the wrong people in the wrong place at the wrong time . |
| 9 | ‘ If we make assumptions , and they are the wrong assumptions , we will jeopardise the mission . ’ |
| 10 | If the machine does n't try to access the A : drive , i.e. the light stays off , either the BIOS has been instructed , in the set-up , not to seek the A : drive , or both floppy drive connectors are the wrong way round . |
| 11 | Hundreds more are in our prisons , which are the wrong place for such people . |
| 12 | When I worked in industry in the 1970s , people took investment decisions for tax reasons , which are the wrong reasons for taking such decisions . |
| 13 | Most of the flowers are the wrong way . |
| 14 | If sometimes they 're the wrong decisions … too bad . |
| 15 | ‘ Take my kids to sea for two weeks , just two weeks , and if at the end of those two weeks you really believe that the cruise-cure wo n't work , or if you 're convinced that you 're the wrong guy for the job , then send the twins home . |
| 16 | A thoroughly toned-up body with sleek limbs , a sparkle in the eye and a lack of double chins can keep you looking mischievously young when you 're the wrong side of 40 ! |
| 17 | Her boss told Hilary : ‘ You took it like a man , although you 're the wrong shape . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know what it will do to her when she hears that they 're the wrong bodies . ’ |
| 19 | These other gods exist , but they 're the wrong gods . |
| 20 | Er , yes , well , I 'd , I 'd , er , I 'd like to make two proposals , first of all that we formally congratulate our officers for leading the team that er , put together this successful bid , erm , but I 'd also like to say something about these concerns about the boundaries because it 's Oswestry again , amongst mainly the sort of north of the county around Oswestry , which like with the rural development area , could be left out , and , of course , economic development does n't stop at a parish boundary people cross it , it 's part of their economic activity and erm , I know that some of the sort of proposed projects put together for the use of this five B money , er , around the Oswestry area , are extremely desirable projects , er , and are achievable projects , and it would be a tragedy if er , if they were , if , if we failed to achieve them because of er , a kind of a bureaucratic dotted line which say you ca n't have the money because you 're the wrong side of the line . |
| 21 | You 're the wrong side of the world , altogether . |
| 22 | Yeah we know they 're there but they 're the wrong kind for you darling . |
| 23 | Can you move those sweets cos they 're the wrong kind for her and they just |
| 24 | I quite like plain but they 're the wrong colour |
| 25 | should of been but they 're the wrong colour |
| 26 | They 're the wrong size for you |
| 27 | I think they 're the wrong size actually , I think they 're a size too big |
| 28 | I resist for two good reasons — a ) they do n't suit me , and b ) I 'm the wrong age for them . |
| 29 | ‘ Look , Eve , I 'm the wrong side of forty . |
| 30 | Perhaps I 'm the wrong one to ask about that . ’ |