Example sentences of "forgive [pron] for [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Forgive me for saying so but in East Prussia — Poland , I should say ! — we had our pick of game . |
| 3 | ‘ Forgive me for saying so , but all this talk about Charlotte is making Mrs Durkin rather nervous . |
| 4 | Forgive me for saying so but the lighting in here is appalling , you do n't you get headaches ? |
| 5 | ‘ Can you forgive me for going away ? |
| 6 | Of course — if you will forgive me for saying so — it is a bit stilted in its present form . |
| 7 | If you will forgive me for saying so , you scarcely seem his type . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He never really forgave me for leaving home , ’ she said to Peter . |