Example sentences of "forgive for [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are modern history books which ostensibly focus on periods of great social change but the reader could be forgiven for reaching the conclusion that there have been no social changes which have involved/ affected women . |
| 2 | Jamie Spence 's caddie could be forgiven for taking a week off , especially since he was getting married . |
| 3 | Our Bank Assistant members could have been forgiven for entering the Labour Court with some misgivings but with a good deal of hope . |
| 4 | One does get the feeling , none the less , that many traditional teachers still think of film as being a classroom novelty useful to give their students a welcome treat : yet many students , watching the grey , flickering images uncertainly projected on to unsuitable screens by elderly and noisy equipment in stuffy ill-curtained rooms , may be forgiven for wanting a bit of first-rate formal teaching as a relief . |
| 5 | Naturally the glorious weather was a talking point with the General : he might be forgiven for thinking the Micks were a bit blasé about the temperature and the change of scene from London ceremonial duties . |
| 6 | Younger natives in the audience were made distinctly restless by an unadorned programme of traditional Indian dance , while even un-jaded oldies could be forgiven for finding the storybook tones of the play more testing than they should be . |
| 7 | Social workers may be forgiven for feeling the DoH is continually shifting the goal posts on community care implementation . |
| 8 | You 'd be forgiven for doing a double take . |
| 9 | Jenkins has been in the job for about ten days , so she can be forgiven for forgetting a lot of names , but she does have a long history of dealing with elderly people . |
| 10 | Walking down the light and airy aisles of this superstore , one could be forgiven for mistaking the piles of Novell Netware for so many boxes of Monopoly piled high on the shelves . |