Example sentences of "have be forgiven for thinking " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he arrived with Kylie in London , however , Blamey could have been forgiven for thinking his relationship with the Minogues was to be a short one . |
| 2 | Dropped in , blindfolded , you could have been forgiven for thinking you were in Surrey were it not for the unmistakable twang of the Ulster accent . |
| 3 | It was n't a four-letter word , although when one uttered it , one might have been forgiven for thinking that it was . |
| 4 | He could have been forgiven for thinking that he was God 's gift to acting . |
| 5 | Listening to the debate and the old-fashioned ideas of male supremacy it unearthed , you could have been forgiven for thinking that we were still in the 16th Century . |
| 6 | In the light of this amended agreement , the British LTA might have been forgiven for thinking that it had pre-empted any legal action over its former agreement , which it had sent to Brussels for consideration as long ago as September 1990 . |
| 7 | Such was the enthusiasm generated by the thousands of kids at the game that a passer-by might have been forgiven for thinking that either Take That or New Kids On The Block were performing at Ibrox rather than Scotland 's football team . |
| 8 | With so much good will in the air one might have been forgiven for thinking that there were no differences worth talking about . |