Example sentences of "[verb] take [pron] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having acted in a Conservative manner , especially at election times , one starts to take oneself for a Conservative ( i.e. Bem , 1967 ) . |
| 2 | I 'd like to take it for a spin . |
| 3 | Then one day , when she came out of school there was a car waiting to take her for a screen test , and something magical happened as soon as she stood in front of a camera , and she became an actress , a real actress not a washed-up joke like her mother , and everyone admired her . |
| 4 | There are 16 steam engines waiting to take you for a ride from Northiam , the setting for Anneka Rice 's famous ‘ Challenge ’ , to historic Tenterden , the station seen in ITV 's ‘ The Darling Buds of May ’ — you can even travel in Ma Larkin 's steam train ! |
| 5 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 6 | Your brother 's death left you heiress to Tracy Castle , and I intend taking it for the King . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ People try to take us for a ride from time to time . |
| 8 | I did take you for a couple staying there together , and normally I would have retreated smartly and come back here again , but for what had already happened . |
| 9 | To make his point , he had taken her for a burger , nothing more , and defied her to come on too strong about it . |
| 10 | Delia had taken her for a walk in the park and Mrs Miniver — always an inquisitive ‘ person ’ by nature — had squeezed through railings alongside the river and promptly slid down the bank into the water . |
| 11 | Owen had taken him for a Sudani because his face was black . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps he 's taken them for a holiday ? ’ |
| 13 | If er someone 's taken it for a ride and dumped it near you then can you call Nottingham and it 's Dawn who wants her car back anything I can do you for three four three four three four is the number to ring . |
| 14 | He wanted to take her for a ride . |