Example sentences of "have take [art] [noun] for [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Although Pond praised him as a ‘ middle-class Englishman … the personification of all their sterling traits and sturdy characteristics ’ , there were problems over whether or not he should have taken a fee for giving a eulogy on his friend , Henry Ward Beecher , at Beecher 's Brooklyn church . |
2 | The argument would run that the appointing authority would have seen the clause ( as they always ask to do ) before making the appointment , would have taken a fee for making the appointment , that the arrangement was therefore a contract incorporating the clause about suitability , and that an aggrieved party could sue for breach of that term of the contract . |
3 | The moral of the whole story is that you really do have to take the responsibility for making the choice of PC yourself . |
4 | He 'd have to take the flak for having a lift with Mrs Wright . |
5 | We 've taken the canal for granted in the past , but now we 're looking forward . |
6 | So far , we have taken the operators for granted . |