Example sentences of "mistake [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't mistake me for a patriot , but I want to take issue with Hardware director Richard Stanley 's remarks about the US ( FACE 24 ) . |
| 2 | I had very short hair , always wore jeans , sneakers and an anorak ( being perpetually cold ) , and strangers would often mistake me for a boy — my younger sisters ' younger brother . |
| 3 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 4 | ‘ If you are not careful someone will mistake you for a Hearthware , ’ said Ratagan , handing him his sword belt . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , no dear , I do n't think I would mistake you for a stook of corn . |
| 6 | With × 12 the haze is much more pronounced , and an unwary observer could easily mistake it for a comet . |
| 7 | In the middle of the valley he hastily dismantled his collection of rubbish for fear that the eight twelves might mistake it for a weapon . |
| 8 | A studied , casual flick of the quiff ; only a sap like Ms Rosenbloom could mistake it for a gesture of surprise . |