Examples of 'had been a mistake' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been a mistake"

This phrase indicates that something in the past was an error or a wrong decision that had significant consequences or negative outcomes

How to use "had been a mistake" in a sentence

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had been a mistake
He wondered whether it had been a mistake to begin with.
It had been a mistake to come here tonight.
Dostum later admitted this had been a mistake.
There had been a mistake at the hospital.
I thought opening the restaurant had been a mistake.
It had been a mistake to make that change.
Leaving his family behind had been a mistake.
It had been a mistake to come here to the café.
I prayed fervently there had been a mistake at the lab.
It had been a mistake to promote diesel cars and wood fuel.
His whole life had been a mistake.
Cleese has since often stated that making the second film had been a mistake.
My whole life had been a mistake.
In later years Einstein came to believe that writing the letter had been a mistake.
Between them had been a mistake.

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I convinced myself that Brie had taken advantage of me and that it had been a mistake.
Sharing the room had been a mistake.
Maybe it had been a mistake to take him to see Jocelyn.
I began to realize that the marriage had been a mistake.
The stop had been a mistake.
We quickly realised that coming here had been a mistake.
The music had been a mistake.
You yourself told me then that this had been a mistake.
There had been a mistake.
But the doctor said there had been a mistake.
Hips had been a mistake.
She was certain there had been a mistake.
It had been a mistake to even get involved with him!
She said my father had been a mistake.
Unless… if there had been a mistake with the paperwork, I'm sure people would understand.
Perhaps coming today had been a mistake.
Mr Dassis thought that it had been a mistake to call the new treaty a Constitution.
Walk back in and say the whole thing had been a mistake.
Foreigner had been a mistake.
Perhaps he had decided that marrying her had been a mistake.
It was said that there had been a mistake by the fascist air force.
Organization and that giving them Holy Communion had been a mistake.
His refusal had been a mistake.
A Gallup poll now found that most Americans believed Vietnam had been a mistake.
Now he knew it had been a mistake.
The Israeli Government declared that the firing of the missile at Yatar had been a mistake.
We thought there had been a mistake.
It soon became clear the full-time appointment of Craig Shakespeare had been a mistake.
He later revealed that it had been a mistake to leave Roda.
It was La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz who announced there had been a mistake.
Marr admitted his changes had been a mistake in My Trade.
My pet project of writing the scanner, in a Stream Procedure had been a mistake.
But Germany had been a mistake.
When they arrived, the hostess told them there had been a mistake.
After one ride I knew it had been a mistake to wait that long.

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