Example sentences of "take [pers pn] for " in BNC.

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31 He takes me and picks me up from school and takes us where we wan na go you know , off to the shop , off to here , off to get some get some drink and takes us for a drive and
32 We Westerners may take them for granted as part of the furniture of any self-respecting office and available to all on every high street .
33 ‘ What did you take them for ? ’ said Philip .
34 If you could take them for a walk every day , from three to half-past four or something like that , I 'd be terribly grateful .
35 I looked and I looked ; but while I saw similarities ( the forehead , the set of the eyes ) , while I could understand that other people might take them for mother and daughter , it did n't work for me .
36 A chocolate bar or an ice-cream , or sometimes he 'd just take them for a walk .
37 I say I do n't take them for sake I mean as you see how many you prescribed for me , ca n't you ?
38 We ca n't take them for you . ’
39 There 's those coats Gordon , there 's several of them after those coats that er I got ta take them for .
40 What do you take me for ? ’
41 What do you take me for ? ’ she asked in mock surprise .
42 Later that day , Mrs Knelle declared that she 'd take me for a drive , to see Ashford Castle , a local stately home that was now an hotel .
43 ‘ Could you take me for a spin through the country , and then on to Sligo ? ’
44 ‘ What do you take me for ? ’
45 ‘ Do n't be so bloody daft , ’ Yanto replied , ‘ What do you take me for , a peasant ? ’
46 'What do you take me for ? ’
47 You must take me for a fool !
48 Do you take me for a fool , child ? ’
49 She wore a stiff black silk dress , a lace cap and an expression of disapproval — " I hope they wo n't take me for one of your actress friends , " she boomed .
50 I 'll always honour and obey you , Harry , and I 'll do anything you say or go anywhere you want if you 'll only take me for a wife . "
51 ‘ What do you take me for ? ’
52 What do you take me for ? ’
53 What sort of a gom do you take me for ?
54 She would take me for coffee .
55 ‘ What do you all take me for ? ’ shouted Jimmy .
56 What do you take me for ? ’
57 What do you take me for ?
58 ‘ You 're ordering me around again , if that 's what you mean , ’ she replied , ‘ and if you think I 'm going to trot obediently upstairs and take off all my clothes you must take me for a fool . ’
59 ‘ What the hell do you take me for ?
60 ‘ Do you take me for a highwayman ? ’
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