Example sentences of "made the [adj] mistake " in BNC.
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| 1 | You made the classic mistake the only mistake there is here you multiply everything by two |
| 2 | In turn he made the polite mistake of asking her what she believed socially and politically . |
| 3 | Baldwin knew of the development of Chamberlain 's view , and made the major mistake in the circumstances of proceeding with his plans for France and leaving Chamberlain in charge in London . |
| 4 | I was among her escort to Bristol when Stephen made the idiotic mistake of allowing the Countess to join her half-brother . ’ |
| 5 | Mark you , until they made the ghastly mistake which led to Raith 's first goal — ‘ an absolutely diabolical goal for a team of professionals to lose , ’ was Scott 's verdict — Dunfermline had Raith 's measure . |
| 6 | In mid-August I made the great mistake of seeking a four-day break from London to stay with friends in France . |
| 7 | However , he made the great mistake of not living to collect it . |
| 8 | Horizon made the usual mistake of talking about computers that can ‘ correct spelling errors ’ , when in fact all they can do is flag words that are not in a dictionary . |
| 9 | Paisley was the sole DUP candidate and John Hume was the candidate for the SDLP , but the Official Unionists made the tactical mistake of fielding two candidates . |
| 10 | White men , he began , made the common mistake of assuming that , because the Aboriginals were wanderers , they could have no system of land tenure . |
| 11 | You came out here to whimper over the fact that you could n't be together in the way that you would like , only you made the unfortunate mistake of running into me instead . ’ |
| 12 | A HAPLESS reporter on the Surrey Advertiser made the cardinal mistake of mentioning The Professionals when he went along to interview Martin Shaw who is currently appearing in a play at the Thorndike Theatre , Leatherhead . |
| 13 | His letter rather suggests that he was trying to protect the person who made the original mistake . |
| 14 | ‘ Mathilde 's story was that Hasan made the fatal mistake of falling in love with one of the kidnapped virgins . |
| 15 | You made the fatal mistake of making a valuable suggestion at the last meeting of our Tourism Advisory Group — that there should be an article on the WTB 's strategic review in the next edition of Rural Wales / Cymru Wledig . |
| 16 | One engineer made the fatal mistake of putting Bluecol anti-freeze in the header tank of the toilets instead of the main engine fresh water header tank . |