Example sentences of "forgive [pers pn] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you forgiven me for calling you ‘ carrots ’ ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And please forgive me for butting in on you like this . |
| 3 | Come kiss me and tell me you forgive me for exposing you to so much danger and distress . |
| 4 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 5 | In which case forgive me for writing as I have done . |
| 6 | Forgive me for assuming my role of dyke agony uncle once more , but really , lovey ! |
| 7 | Here , ’ he held out his hand to her with a little smile , ‘ take my hand to show you forgive me for alarming you . ’ |
| 8 | Erm , the final point on the shortfall of funding is as I 'm , keep emphasising , forgive me for repeating this , this is going to be year two of a four year transition . |
| 9 | ‘ Forgive me for asking , but did you pay her ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Ah , hell , I 'm sorry , I had no idea — forgive me for asking . ’ |
| 11 | God forgive me for lying , she thought . |
| 12 | God forgive me for lying , she thought . |
| 13 | ‘ Forgive me for breathing . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Franca , girl , forgive me for walking in , I had the key , remember , from when you gave it to me when I was staying here when I was getting better . |
| 15 | ‘ Forgive me for disturbing you , ’ I said , ‘ but it 's urgent . |
| 16 | I write this letter in the hope that someone will explain the errors of my ways , forgive me for mixing relativistic and Newtonian physics , and enlighten me . |
| 17 | Forgive me for having addressed you so informally , Miss Bishop . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Forgive me for saying so but in East Prussia — Poland , I should say ! — we had our pick of game . |
| 19 | ‘ Forgive me for saying so , but all this talk about Charlotte is making Mrs Durkin rather nervous . |
| 20 | Forgive me for saying so but the lighting in here is appalling , you do n't you get headaches ? |
| 21 | Now , when the old man jerked his head round in astonishment , she looked past him to smile encouragingly at her husband , saying , ‘ Forgive me for interrupting , David , but I was within earshot and , as you know , I take great exception to Mr Reynolds ’ particular brand of cruelty . ’ |
| 22 | Won t you forgive me for keeping it a secret ? ’ |
| 23 | Forgive me for keeping you up all night . |
| 24 | I forgive you for making me suffer , but how can I forgive you for dying ? ’ |
| 25 | Forgive him for seeing it differently . |
| 26 | With such charm and grace does he distribute his roses among them that it is easy to forgive him for having — alas ! — one rose too few . |
| 27 | She did n't think she would ever be able to forgive him for keeping that information from her . |
| 28 | He had never forgiven her for intruding in what he had seen as his family , his responsibility , the only inheritance his father had left him . |
| 29 | He had never forgiven her for reporting his indiscretion in front of her husband . |
| 30 | She had only to take one look at him to realise he had n't forgiven her for walking out on him , nor for going to see Robert Dexter behind his back , and her heart sank . |