Sentence examples for could have forgiven them from inspiring English sources
Back at the Camp Nou, Espanyol resisted the temptation to do likewise but you could have forgiven them if they had.
When a lone fan invaded the field late in that one, you could have forgiven them for believing they were in Hereford in 1972, watching Ronnie Radford spank a shot past Willie McFaul.
At the same time, you could have forgiven India for taking it easy or experimenting given they've already qualified.
The Scots had never played Spain before, and you could have forgiven their players for Doing A Beattie before the game.
But I could have forgiven all these dreadful derelictions – how furious Mr Disney must be! – if the book wasn't so oddly dull.
As one former colleague put it, "She was trying to solve a business problem journalistically". Her detractors could have forgiven her bad taste; what they couldn't forgive was cynicism.
So you could have forgiven Wondo, now a designated player after his record-equalling goal haul last year, if he had started Sunday night's home game against Salt Lake in the expectation of adding to his total.
So Mr Clegg is technically correct - but he could have forgiven the UKIP leader for rounding up.
Jose Mourinho has had a tough week, so you could have forgiven him for wanting to keep out of the limelight for a few days.
