Example sentences of "could have [be] forgiven " 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 | The people of Northern Ireland could have been forgiven for believing this to be no longer so . |
| 4 | He could have been forgiven for thinking that he was God 's gift to acting . |
| 5 | Reading this , I could have been forgiven for conjuring up a picture of the Queen Mother settling down comfortably by a television set at Sandringham , perhaps a daughter at her side , a corgi at feet and refreshment to hand , basking in the glow of my birthday tribute to her , and making a mental note to instruct the Private secretary in the morning to send a line of thanks to those concerned . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Welsh star was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 8 | The relatively puny father-of-three could have been forgiven for having second thoughts when he was picked . |
| 9 | WHEN TEA was taken at 3.10 on the final afternoon of the first Test , even the more fervent student for the long game could have been forgiven for switching to automatic pilot . |
| 10 | You could have been forgiven for imagining , that Peter Nicholson had undergone surgery to replace his vocal chords with a megaphone . |
| 11 | He could have been forgiven had he waxed much more lyrical . |
| 12 | Our Bank Assistant members could have been forgiven for entering the Labour Court with some misgivings but with a good deal of hope . |
| 13 | Racegoers could have been forgiven for steering well clear of Britain 's first Sunday jump meeting . |
| 14 | The Welshman was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 15 | The Welshman was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend , Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |