Example sentences of "make a [adj] mistake " in BNC.

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1 The House of Commons would make a great mistake if it accepted the proposition that this is the right way for it to operate .
2 When I say existed for ten years , er I I did make a slight mistake in that for ten years erm the village .
3 I think our new government may make a tremendous mistake here by not realising this and failing to send any writers to prison .
4 I did make a big mistake there , though .
5 Tonight she had said nothing , so Frankie almost believed himself safe , yet he lived with the constant fear that one night she would make a horrible mistake and he would walk to his death in the inky shadows upstairs .
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