Example sentences of "[pron] make a [adj] mistake " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made a bad mistake on my second lot of commercials — for Skol — by letting myself be persuaded by other people against my own instincts , so from then on I was very firm about what I wanted to do and what I was prepared to do , and it 's made my life easy . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh God , I made a bad mistake there . |
| 3 | If you 're live , you 've got to dig yourself out of it if you make a real mistake , but if it 's — if it 's on a portable machine , if it 's editable , be sure that it probably will be edited . |
| 4 | And then if you make a little mistake — like getting two of your men killed when they 're busting a flat — you get a nasty shock . |
| 5 | You can have one quick move and if it 's a false one well er you made a bad mistake and you 've gone back about er whatsit and I think 's done exactly the same here he 's sacked us and he 's put himself in er in er queer corner s like a game of draughts you know and he 's trying all roads to come out of it . |
| 6 | At the risk of having you bellow down the phone to me that it 's none of my business , I think you made a big mistake . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , there , let me tell you , you made a big mistake . |
| 8 | The role is a responsible one ; an interviewer who makes a bad mistake could cost the company a lot of money . |
| 9 | ‘ We made a terrible mistake when the Time Lords set themselves up as guardians of all space and time , ’ Kopyion replied . |
| 10 | Erm we made a little mistake with that one because it was a , a very big area , a lot of houses , and er the Crime Prevention Department as it was then , promised everyone that we 'd visit everyone 's house and , and advise them on their security . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're the one making a fucking mistake , ’ Morton snapped , raising the Ithaca and pointing it at his head . |
| 12 | ‘ We neither blame the Duke nor Mr. Burn , but we think they made a great mistake in accepting their nomination ’ . |
| 13 | But they made a costly mistake in teaching their language to the hoipolloi . |
| 14 | ‘ But he made a great mistake fleeing the country . |
| 15 | However , in the choice of his last collaborator , Henry Philips , he made a fatal mistake . |
| 16 | On the night , the young soprano was so nervous that he made a fatal mistake : he forgot to put on any underwear . |
| 17 | Rudd admits that he made a big mistake in designing an H16 engine , a layout previously used only in aviation , for the new three-litre formula in 1966 . |