Example sentences of "it [was/were] a mistake " in BNC.
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| 1 | He discovered the cigarette in his hand and examined it as if it were a mistake . |
| 2 | Regarding the winning Hands On feature in March Woodworker , despite the well-intended editorial footnote , I do feel it was a mistake to include Bill Wiseman 's fascinating but appallingly dangerous hold-down device , and to then endorse it in a recommendatory way by awarding it special recognition . |
| 3 | ‘ They say that it was a mistake that we had been told that the outbreak was due to Salmonella enteriditis , ’ she said . |
| 4 | If the British were indeed talking about principles , it was a mistake ; it is a mistake to negotiate with the Chinese about generalities . |
| 5 | Soon after I qualified I got married — knew it was a mistake straight away . |
| 6 | It was a mistake : the fine , white sand collapsed away from under his feet and made the going difficult . |
| 7 | It was a mistake , then , after all . |
| 8 | Potential new readers of Spare Rib would not think of looking under that section for a women 's magazine , and I assumed it was a mistake on the part of overworked staff . |
| 9 | After a spell at the rehabilitation centre , Guy 's parents realized it was a mistake , and tried to have him transferred to a specialist stroke rehabilitation centre in London , even though this was a long way from home . |
| 10 | Mick Houghton thinks it was a mistake to line up Wells with the band . |
| 11 | The Builder commented that the submission date of 1st February , 1857 gave too short a time and that it was a mistake to divide the competition into three parts . |
| 12 | ‘ It was a mistake to try to go too fast , ’ says one of the founders , Richard Collings . |
| 13 | It was a mistake , was n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I knew it was a mistake giving you responsibilities . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It was a mistake . |
| 16 | I already hate myself for having taken the job , I know it was a mistake . |
| 17 | But for me , I think it was a mistake . |
| 18 | The Llanelli lock confessed afterwards that : ‘ I knew it was a mistake before the punch ever landed ’ . |
| 19 | It was a mistake , sending my grandfather here ! ’ |
| 20 | I knew it was a mistake to help my silly wee sister paste pictures into her scrapbook in the sitting room . |
| 21 | They answered , ‘ Yes , but it was a mistake . ’ |
| 22 | Andrew Amos , 56 , from Streatham , south London , hoped for £10,000 from his £10 stake , but Hills claim it was a mistake . |
| 23 | ‘ If it was a mistake it is their fault , ’ said Andrew . |
| 24 | ‘ I knew it was a mistake before we got to Fez . |
| 25 | General secretary Larry Whitty said ‘ It was too flash and too triumphalist — it was a mistake . ’ |
| 26 | Maybe it was a mistake . |
| 27 | Do you think it was a mistake , sir ? |
| 28 | Nobody came in so perhaps it was a mistake . |
| 29 | It was a mistake to regard the development of European integration after 1945 as the outcome of a continuing debate between Britain and the continent : all points of view could be found in all countries . |
| 30 | Later she said to Peter , ‘ I think he 's a lovely man , ’ and the moment she had spoken , she knew it was a mistake . |