Example sentences of "make a [adj] mistake [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The black director Spike Lee has made a similar mistake in Malcolm X , not so much in characterisation but in allowing awe of the man who challenged white authority in America to come in the way of good film-making . |
| 2 | For although Piper 's manager Frank Warren thinks Benn believes he has made a big mistake in selecting Piper as a first challenger and does n't fancy the job , I suspect the opposite is true — he may think it is going to be too easy . |
| 3 | They thought I had made a huge mistake in getting rid of the old collection in preference for collecting what they unanimously regarded as ‘ junk ’ . |
| 4 | Spartan Missile had made a bad mistake at the eighteenth and Thorne was giving him plenty of time to recover . |
| 5 | The Catholic Church had made a bad mistake with Galileo when it tried to lay down the law on a question of science , declaring that the sun went round the earth . |
| 6 | Despite her defiant words , though , she had the feeling that she had made a bad mistake during these last few minutes . |
| 7 | The hotel had much to keep youngsters occupied , but by day three we realised we had made a bad mistake in taking such a young child skiing . |
| 8 | When I say existed for ten years , er I I did make a slight mistake in that for ten years erm the village . |
| 9 | Howard Kendall made a major mistake on Saturday . |
| 10 | ‘ We neither blame the Duke nor Mr. Burn , but we think they made a great mistake in accepting their nomination ’ . |
| 11 | I think President Bush made a great mistake in unilaterally rejecting it out of hand , and an even greater mistake in appealing to the Iraqi army to overthrow Hussein . |
| 12 | That 's one of the very important advantages of this election result , and personally I think the Social Democrats in Germany made a great mistake by being equivocal on this issue . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | To be absolutely , strictly theological in fact , William Booth made a little mistake in the song because God will never ever send another pentecost . |
| 15 | I obviously made a huge mistake in thinking that we could ever learn to tolerate one another . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | His victims made a tragic mistake by thinking his silver-coloured pistol was a toy . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Davies made a costly mistake at the stroke index one second play-off hole though . |
| 20 | But they made a costly mistake in teaching their language to the hoipolloi . |
| 21 | You know , you might get the belt for making a silly mistake over a sum , or some exercise or that , you see ? |
| 22 | On Sept. 20 Iraq radio broadcast a commentary warning the USA against making a grave mistake by assuming that an attack on Iraq would merely mean regional conflict ; it would be an overall war , and Iraqis would take the war into the cities of the attacking nation if they were attacked . |