Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 In their farm kitchens and workshops you could be forgiven for thinking that time has stood still for 150 years .
2 But nursing could be forgiven for thinking that life — and thus the amount of change it has to cope with — is getting a bit too hectic .
3 YOU 'D be forgiven for thinking that LES AMANTS DU PONT NEUF ( Cert 18 ; W.E. ) — translated it means ‘ Lovers on the Pont Neuf ’ — would be all hearts and flowers .
4 SOME READERS may be forgiven for thinking that aeronautics began with the Wright Brothers .
5 He wrote : ‘ To judge by a lot of the stuff written about bands like U2 , you 'd be forgiven for thinking that rock starts are the new Messiahs .
6 Well so many of these songs have been done by so many people that you would be forgiven for thinking that , that .
7 We have had a marvellous season with thankfully no major accidents and also the best of racing , particularly at the Ulster Grand Prix and the Tandragee 100 , so perhaps we can be forgiven for forgetting that racing needs not only the top line competitors like Joey Dunlop and Brian Reid it needs the newcomers to help the sport thrive and we are just not getting enough of them .
8 Someone from a different culture , or world , visiting our society could be excused for thinking that crime was a basic , ever-present feature of our everyday lives .
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