Example sentences of "taking [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One fine and gloomy night , while taking my body for a walk past many soothingly whispery hedgerow growths , my eyes noticed a bungalow porch light which dictated the policy of activity in its immediate region . |
| 2 | As luck would have it , Sophie had had no arrangement of her own for this evening , and , either forgetting our pact , or not taking my need for it seriously as she knew my activities were , on her terms , so innocent , had dropped in to borrow some coffee . |
| 3 | Having read again a book he had admired when studying at Edinburgh , a book much concerned with precisely such comparisons and contrasts — his grandfather Brasmus Darwin 's Zoönomia ( 1794–6 ) — he was soon taking its title for the opening heading of his Notebook B , where he was now to pursue his own inquiry into ‘ the laws of life ’ . |
| 4 | VICTORIOUS in America , the California Public Employees ' Retirement System ( Calpers ) is taking its campaign for better corporate governance abroad . |
| 5 | A TEESSIDE pensioner is taking her fight for better British pensions to Brussels this weekend . |
| 6 | Taking her place for the wedding breakfast , at the table that glistened with crystal , warm with red roses , she manfully ate her way through course after course of a meal prepared by top-class chefs , listened to the speeches , the congratulations , applauded , smiled , chatted with apparent good humour . |
| 7 | Various people came after Kathleen , but no-one came anywhere near taking her place for either of us . |
| 8 | Obviously taking her silence for agreement , he gave a little snort of disgust . |
| 9 | Mina and Kāli are taking their offering for the festival to the house where the dhāmis have been dancing at night . |
| 10 | Dustin imagines himself angrily taking his case for male pregnancy to God , a bureaucrat behind a desk . |
| 11 | On a good day you might happen to come across a man taking his dog for exercise . |
| 12 | She would n't have upset him by taking his dog for a walk , that was for sure . |
| 13 | Though he deceived the beholder into taking his artifice for reality , Zeuxis practised an idealist art . |
| 14 | I 'm taking your word for it . |
| 15 | So oh sorry that should be minus one because I taking your word for this one here . |
| 16 | If you ca n't run — maybe you are taking your grandmother for a walk — then you have to deter the ‘ nasties ’ using whatever method seems best at the time . |
| 17 | ‘ By the way , what did Nelson get in return for taking your shift for you ? ’ |
| 18 | You can , if you wish , test your heartbeat by taking your pulse for ten seconds and multiplying it by six thus making a minute . |
| 19 | It was easy — like taking your dog for a walk . |