1.   It had been an honest mistake, though, the paddy wagon men believing he was dead or dying.

2.   It had been an honest mistake.

3.   Rex is as capable of making an honest mistake as he is of lying.

4.   Thomas admitted he had broken the law, but said that it had been an honest mistake.

5.   Please believe me.

6.   It was an honest mistake.

7.   An honest mistake is hardly a blamable offense.

8.   An honest mistake could have been made.