He put the dead rats to one side, and then made his crucial mistake.
He also argues that Johnson made two crucial mistakes in his later handling of the war.
Then comes a crucial mistake, and things start to unravel.
Over many decades Palestinian nationalism has made crucial political mistakes.
The pilot, and others, are said to have made a series of crucial mistakes.
I knew we had just made a crucial, devastating mistake and that we'd have to pay for it.
If not for several crucial mistakes, Minnesota would have led by two touchdowns at the end of the first quarter.
How many crucial mistakes are being caught by testing - or missed - has become a great Year 2000 mystery.
A number of computer analysts say the phone industry may be making a crucial mistake by picking this time to raise rates.
"Not much longer until he makes the crucial mistake."