Sentence examples for forgo from inspiring English sources

But why forgo indulging in all the frippery the boutiques have to offer, with their work-of-art interiors and over-the-top tissue paper and ribbons, in favour of scrabbling about for last season's cast-offs?

The chief executive, David Higgins, who earns £560,000, announced in February that he and other board members would forgo any bonus in 2012 amid rail performance issues, although it came after pressure from the transport secretary, Justine Greening, and wider public anger over bonus culture in general.

You can swap in dark chocolate if you've less of a sweet tooth, or forgo the chocolate altogether if you're a purist in these things.

I had to forgo washing in the morning a few times because the meter had run out overnight It wasn't until I had sat through six hours of hold music – none of the energy companies wanted to take responsibility for our situation – that we realised the installation had been triggered by a £1,000 debt on the previous tenants' account.

There were calls for Diamond to step down after the Financial Services Authority slapped a £59.5m fine on the bank – the largest ever levied by the City regulator - forcing him and other top executives to forgo any bonuses for 2012.

Certain modern conveniences have been easy to forgo.

He was a shoo-in for education secretary after the election, but immediately took to Andrew Marr's sofa to declare that he would happily forgo his cabinet seat to make space for Lib Dems, suggesting David Laws could do the job well.