Example sentences of "[modal v] take me for " in BNC.

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1 You must take me for a fool !
2 ‘ 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 . ’
3 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 .
4 She would take me for coffee .
5 ‘ To look at me , no one would take me for the Miracle-Worker , ’ Gabriel persisted , and he grinned and rubbed his short head of hair which had barely grown long enough for a single curl .
6 It 's just that sometimes — well , I do n't even know if we have a relationship , and I do n't want him thinking he can take me for granted . ’
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