Sentence examples for only one mistake from inspiring English sources

Yugoslavia's manager Todor Veselinovic summed up the situation neatly: "Only one mistake early on and you're out; three draws could take you to the semi-final".

The 32-year-old Els, a former Dubai Desert champion, made only one mistake -- on the seventh hole -- as he took the lead from his South Korean playing partner, Charlie Wi, who finished with a 77.

But as I said, there was only one mistake".

"With bombs and fires," he said, "you get only one mistake".

He is reinforcing that it takes only one mistake to destroy something.

Daly made seven birdies and only one mistake at windy Waialae Country Club for his lowest score in four years.

"He only made one mistake over two days, which is tremendous effort on this course.

"There's only one small mistake," he said.

Turco, who has won four consecutive times, made only one more mistake.

Under state law, he said, hospitals are supposed to report medical errors, but 35 Philadelphia hospitals reported only one medical mistake in the year that ended in June 1999.

Campion makes only one serious mistake: when Whishaw recites the lines "Pillowed upon my fair love's ripening breast, / To feel for ever its soft fall and swell," he actually rests his head on Cornish's chest.