"once" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- William Golding once mistook a Bob Dylan puppet for Satan.
- He speaks in a squeaky British accent (on the phone, a security guard once mistook him for a woman).
- His dog Barney, a small terrier that a reporter once mistook for a black throw rug, is a happy hunter as well.
- Mine were about the lumber jack who once mistook me for a boy; perhaps my short haircut, Toughskin jeans and unpierced earlobes belied the truth.
- One of them once mistook me for a distant relative of mine-name of Leibowitz.
- I once mistook him for you.
- He's the guy I mistook for you once at the casino.
- Once with Franklin mistaking a scarecrow's hat for Wilson, who is never seen except for his hat.
- Shingouz like their alcohol so strong that one of them once mistook lamp oil for a drink.
- He also struggled with modern technology, once mistaking the television remote control in his hotel room for his mobile phone.
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