Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for " in BNC.

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1 I must ask those who are more familiar with the sciences to forgive me for any passages where they feel I might be guilty of over simplification .
2 Kate , you 've got an awful lot to forgive me for , have n't you ? ’
3 I ask them to forgive me for not taking interventions .
4 ‘ Are you never going to forgive me for that ? ’ he queried , and there was such bone-melting charm in him then that Fabia was glad that she was sitting down .
5 In terms of a planning process Anne was talking about , you 'll have to forgive me for being relatively new to Oxfordshire and coming from an area where we had a planning system which was largely the one I was describing , and the planning role that I saw I wanted to develop was very much already mentioned which was actually going round to small groups of people , to the local caring groups on a much more informal basis , and getting their contribution about that and then feeding it back into the system , which you say is there in a sense .
6 But concentrating on the true politics of smoking will help us to see them for what they are : romantic illusions .
7 National Park rangers eventually managed to speak to the two men but were unable to see them for clouds of steam .
8 It would be better to admit that these murderous wishes and impulses exist than to deny them , and feel guilt-laden as a result of not allowing ourselves to see them for what they are .
9 I would like to see them for the Falls .
10 I would like to see them for the Shankill .
11 In 1913 he came under pressure in the Commons for his failure to promote an air force ; Samuel Hoare demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the government 's policy by visiting the air bases to see them for himself .
12 It can not deal with the problems that do exist , because it fails to see them for what they are .
13 Princesse Mathilde came to see them for a weekend .
14 I feel deeply sorry for both Boo and Imamu because they both have to prove themselves before people actually begin to see them for what they really are which are two very kind and loving people .
15 Ronnie Ross : ‘ At the time he came to see me for lessons , groups like The Rolling Stones were just beginning to come into vogue although he was more interested in jazz , and we 'd sit and talk about jazz and jazz musicians quite often .
16 For myself , I wish to say to men that as long as they associate me with an idea of ‘ woman ’ drawn from the past , or suppose that a model for gender relations is to be found in that past , they have failed to see me for the person who I am , or to envisage what equality might mean .
17 Nobody came to see me for three days .
18 Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’
19 Then , when they came in , he came up to see me for a bit . ’
20 Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him .
21 A twenty four year old woman came to see me for treatment on the ward , a smoker .
22 Not strongly enough to kill me for that , but certainly strongly enough to make killing me satisfying in that respect also .
23 He tried to kill me for no apparent reason .
24 Cell suspensions were centrifuged at 200 g for 10 minutes and the pellet of cells added to the organ bath the bathing fluid of which was used to resuspend them for transfer .
25 WE had a lovely time in Lourdes , I want to thank everyone for looking after us both .
26 ‘ Although 1992 was an excellent year and we would like to thank everyone for their support , we are always on the look out for new members . ’
27 I WOULD like to thank everyone for their tremendous efforts in selling draw tickets this year .
28 I would like to thank everyone for their efforts in 1993 .
29 June had asked Hilda Lodge to thank everyone for the lovely flowers sent to her during her recent stay in hospital .
30 Cicely apologised for not being at Q.T. Day to thank everyone for supporting this Gala event .
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