Sentence examples for forgiven taking from inspiring English sources
We may still leave a lot up to the Hockey Gods, but surely we can be forgiven taking at least some of their powers.
The use of motivational tools is nothing new in sport but Saracens could have been forgiven for taking to the hills when the defence coach, Paul Gustard, took their "wolf pack" philosophy a little too literally.
Mr. West would have been forgiven for taking a break after releasing "Graduation," his third album, last year.
Yesterday, the pre-eminent player in English football could have been forgiven for taking the same trophy and casually throwing it on the pile with all the rest.
Even so, master coach Wayne Bennett's men inflicted plenty of pain on his former side in a match he would have been forgiven for taking personally.
After a long season that recently culminated in punishing marathon performances of Wagner's "Ring" cycle, the brass players of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra could have been forgiven for taking a breather.
With so much emphasis placed on the Olympic cycle, athletes could have been forgiven for taking a sabbatical but the short-course contest offers a chance for swimmers to exchange 50 metres for 25m and race in the faster format.
Mr. Bennett, who carries himself with the measured exuberance of a high school yearbook adviser, might have been forgiven for taking a timid approach to a job whose rotating cast of characters led some pundits to compare New Jersey's political stability unfavorably to Argentina's.
But so widespread is tourist anxiety about eating in Japan (every westerner I meet seems to fret about how to hold chopsticks) that you could be forgiven for taking it seriously – at least until it adds, "Because some menu items are illegal, you will only discover them when you ask", before flashing up images of giant pandas and other protected species.
At 59, Richard Smalley could be forgiven for taking it easy.
But then again perhaps the city could be forgiven for taking all necessary precautions.
