Example sentences of "[vb base] make a mistake " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here Forgive 'N Forget made a mistake and handed the initiative to Wayward Lad , but he was very tired and started to wander to the left towards the rails . |
| 2 | So often in my life , where I 've made a mistake , it has been by taking the soft option . |
| 3 | You 've made a mistake . |
| 4 | ‘ Ye 've made a mistake ! ’ |
| 5 | STUDENT Chris Smith was given £1,000 from a pools company — and then told : ‘ Sorry , we 've made a mistake . ’ |
| 6 | I do think you 've made a mistake Carl . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps … perhaps you 've made a mistake ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , you know , perhaps I 've made a mistake . |
| 9 | And you 've made a mistake about something else . |
| 10 | You 've made a mistake ; please go and I 'll forget the way you forced your way in here . ’ |
| 11 | They can either admit they 've made a mistake , or they can make it compulsory . |
| 12 | Sometimes if you 've made a mistake and the parallel I 'm drawing is with the Jewish community in Jesus time . |
| 13 | Saturday you wo n't admit you 've made a mistake or that you 're in the wrong , while Sunday you will be hurt and offended by someone who does n't show you the respect you feel you deserve . |
| 14 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 15 | They 've made a mistake have n't they ? |
| 16 | Oh you 've made a mistake here John . |
| 17 | er they say , and if then they 've made a mistake you have done what you are told , I mean if you take a big ladder and it 's only a wee fire , a small car bump and then there is a big fire later on , somewhere else and they have n't got their , the right appliances because you 're at that place with the wrong stuff , then that would cause problems would n't it ? |
| 18 | I 've made a mistake . |
| 19 | Take time to say , ‘ How can I present my organization in the best light ? okay We 've made a mistake . ’ |
| 20 | Or you can do what I have just said , which is , say ‘ I , I 've made a mistake there , I think I 'll do it again , what I want to say is this . ’ |
| 21 | It is no trouble now for Cecil Parkinson to turn round now and say ‘ okay , we 've made a mistake , let's have a public enquiry ’ . |
| 22 | Usually they really believe this and do not accept that they have made a mistake . |
| 23 | If , however , you find you have made a mistake with contributions after your P14 ( End-of-Year Return ) has been sent to the Inspector of Taxes , you have two alternatives : |
| 24 | In the instance of disease , we must consider whether the doctors have made a mistake . |
| 25 | Admit it when you do n't know the answer or have made a mistake |
| 26 | ‘ If we have made a mistake , it is simply this : we did not tackle the education issue early enough . |
| 27 | If Hamer have sought to redesign this feature so that it looks better overall then I 'd suggest that they have made a mistake . |
| 28 | It is very distressing to find out at a later date that you have made a mistake which can cost you dearly . |
| 29 | ‘ But perhaps ye have made a mistake and it is really the Sicilian woman … ’ |
| 30 | I hope that is your surname , if I have made a mistake , you will probably understand why I 'm sure . |