Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had the uncanny feeling that the ghost of Sigmund Freud was chiding me for thinking this and she was clearly incensed that I could suggest that her father could have had any interest in religion whatsoever . |
| 2 | MIPS is preening itself for getting the R4400 upgrade out in the timeframe it predicted it would a year ago . |
| 3 | Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line-up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman . |
| 4 | Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line-up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman . |
| 5 | DESPITE a memorable victory over Ukrainian side Karpaty Lvov in the European Cup Winners Cup on Wednesday , Shelbourne midfielder Paul Doolin is taking nothing for granted as his former club Derry City visit Tolka Park this afternoon . |
| 6 | The son who was born in 1511 , lived only six weeks and there followed a succession of miscarriages and still-births , so Henry VIII convinced himself that God was punishing him for marrying his late brother 's widow , so he sought the Popes annulment of the marriage . |
| 7 | She slept badly , with what sleep she did get punctuated with dreams where Barney was driving away in her car , and where Cara was blaming her for letting him take it . |
| 8 | Seventhly , if the German states were to express themselves for initiating movement toward German unity , would they be ready to take into consideration the interests of other European states and to seek , on a mutually acceptable collective basis , answers to all questions and problems that might arise in that regard ? |
| 9 | Isambard was taking it for granted , it seemed , that a boy of fifteen could easily be seduced into giving his confidence , or at least some incautious fringes of it , to companions not so far from his own age and under orders to ingratiate themselves with him . |
| 10 | But Hughes is adamant that despite their glittering array of striking talent with himself , Ryan Giggs , Ian Rush and Dean Saunders in the side Wales are taking nothing for granted . |
| 11 | Unschooled children , if the evidence does demonstrate that they are being less explicit , may in fact be taking it for granted that the questioner can see what is being referred to so that there is no apparent need to be explicit . |
| 12 | John was taking her for granted , so were the children . |
| 13 | Robert Sheldrake was taking it for granted that the only threat to his practice was that of two small-animal vets , and even that was sufficient for him to be rather unpleasant . |