Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [prep] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Please forgive me for not remembering you , Georgi Kirov . |
| 2 | Forgive me for not listening ? |
| 3 | ‘ Forgive me for not knowing , ’ Maggie murmured sarcastically , annoyed at this haughty lecture . |
| 4 | Forgive me for not inviting you to remove them with your teeth ! ’ |
| 5 | But I would like you two , forgive me for not saying your names , to put the other two on hold by keying R star 9 . |
| 6 | Please forgive me for not replying to your original letter . |
| 7 | Amy , she say anything about not getting highly commended ? |
| 8 | I curse myself for not strangling you in your cradle . |
| 9 | A company seeking to recruit in this specialty area would , if they used a search consultant , immediately reveal themselves as not having the right contacts in the market . |
| 10 | If you do n't learn , at school they 'd give you detention and lines and punish you for not doing it , if you do n't do it at college it 'll be your mistake and your fault |
| 11 | We choose our frame of reference and attack something for not fitting it . |
| 12 | Because , because I I do feel sorry , I I sorry I consider it for not having any young new members . |
| 13 | I think about it a couple of hundred times a day and kick myself for not staying right there . |
| 14 | When Charles Hennessy 's Adwatch column won a ‘ highly commended ’ gong in the Periodical Publishers ' Association annual awards in May , there were three options : sack him for not winning outright , pay him more , or promote him . |
| 15 | Some became pregnant through contraceptive failure , such as missing taking the Pill for a day , or a faulty condom , but most do it through not using any kind of contraception at all . |
| 16 | You ca n't know how much I hate myself for not believing you . |
| 17 | I suppose you survive them by not knowing anything else . |
| 18 | ‘ Thank you for not giving me away . |
| 19 | Thank you for not doing that . |
| 20 | Excuse me for not writing more as I have to catch up with some sleep and get to a meeting about the course by 10 a.m. tomorrow ! |
| 21 | Blame me for not preventing it , I dare say . ’ |
| 22 | Thus , Marxists blame him for not anticipating Marx , war between classes as they define them ; and the need , as they see it , for a frontal attack upon rights in property . |
| 23 | They are patronising and they insult us by not understanding — and ignoring — the real requirements of our time . |