Example sentences of "[modal v] forgive [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well ! ’ he said , ‘ I hope you 'll forgive me for having knocked you down that day . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 'll forgive me for making the point , ’ said Calatin , ‘ but you do get the odd rebel , even these days . |
| 3 | Of course — if you will forgive me for saying so — it is a bit stilted in its present form . |
| 4 | I am sure Martha will forgive me for saying that her very presence excites envy from others . |
| 5 | If you will forgive me for saying so , you scarcely seem his type . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Oh well , ’ he said with a sigh , ‘ in the face of such force majeure , he may forgive me for capitulating . ’ |
| 7 | No one fully understands the workings of these interlocking systems and we may forgive ourselves for having a sensation of something slipping through our fingers when we try to grasp them — but one thing is certain : the choices we make about the order of the information in discourse reveal our own assumptions about the world and about the people we are trying to communicate with . |
| 8 | You can forgive him for relaxing to a 69 . |