Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] make a mistake " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You must tell your friend , ’ continued the lady , ‘ that she has made a mistake .
2 I think she 's realized she 's made a mistake she was waving away .
3 Well I think she 's made a mistake with Joan because Joan did n't get the plate for er the highest number of silver stars , it was gold stars .
4 It may sound strange to be pleased to discover that one has made a mistake , but it is , in fact , one of the most exciting things for a social scientist to discover — one really feels that one has found out something that went beyond what one might have expected through ‘ common sense ’ reasoning !
5 In circumstances like that no one wants to make a mistake and no one is going to take things casually . ’
6 ‘ Perhaps Martin Edwards will admit that he has made a mistake selling to the person he has done and the way in which he has sold it .
7 I asked Ulu Grosbard , who knew Nichols , to ask him what he felt about me : ‘ I think he feels he has made a mistake .
8 Nichols does feel he has made a mistake . ’
9 If the arrest is lawful but the accused believes it to be unlawful , he is guilty because he has made a mistake of law : Bentley ( 1850 ) 4 Cox CC 406 .
10 Even if he has made a mistake they are still bound by it .
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