Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] been a mistake " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the whole experience left me ruefully feeling that it had perhaps been a mistake to publish a report about them . |
| 2 | On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place . |
| 3 | She had been convinced at first that it had all been a mistake , that she had indeed misread the unspoken message contained in the postcard . |
| 4 | Surely they realised that it had all been a mistake once you explained ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well , perhaps you can ring him after we 've gone and explain that it 's all been a mistake ? |