Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.

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1 You probably hate me for saying that . ’
2 ‘ If your friends ’ mothers despise me for working in a supermarket , then they are to be pitied .
3 Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you .
4 Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you .
5 Pardon me for livin' , lady . ’
6 Pardon me for intruding .
7 Well , pardon me for belching , but what we 're talking about here is a virtually unparalleled ( in this musical medium , at least ) honesty and open-ness that so far has hampered the Kitchens ' career like a rucksack full of rocks .
8 Pardon me for jumping to erroneous conclusions .
9 Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you .
10 ( … sorry I 've got to go , sorry I 'm late , sorry I 'm so pretty , sorry I 'm a housewife , sorry I 'm not pretty enough , sorry it 's my fault , pardon me for breathing , sorry I 'm a woman .
11 ‘ Well , pardon me for breathing ! ’
12 Pardon me for saying so , that 's a lovely pen .
13 Because nobody understands us , and we hate ourselves for needing to be understood .
14 They criticise me for getting a new curtain or taking a holiday .
15 If Modernists criticise me for copying the old , I tell them it takes a lifetime to do it well .
16 ‘ And please forgive me for butting in on you like this .
17 Come kiss me and tell me you forgive me for exposing you to so much danger and distress .
18 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 .
19 In which case forgive me for writing as I have done .
20 Forgive me for assuming my role of dyke agony uncle once more , but really , lovey !
21 Here , ’ he held out his hand to her with a little smile , ‘ take my hand to show you forgive me for alarming you . ’
22 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 .
23 Forgive me for asking , but did you pay her ? ’
24 ‘ Ah , hell , I 'm sorry , I had no idea — forgive me for asking . ’
25 God forgive me for lying , she thought .
26 God forgive me for lying , she thought .
27 Forgive me for breathing . ’
28 ‘ 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 .
29 Forgive me for disturbing you , ’ I said , ‘ but it 's urgent .
30 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 .
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