Example sentences of "[be] take [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What makes you think you 're taking me for granted ? ’ |
| 2 | We 're taking you for a check-up at the Royal Infirmary . ’ |
| 3 | They 're taking us for granted ! |
| 4 | I 'm taking him for about an hour . |
| 5 | She thought , looking at the pleasant room : I 'm taking it for granted already ! |
| 6 | Matters relating to your home life and financial security are highlighted and , while you can anticipate some minor gains , benefits or other incentives early this month , sparks may fly just prior to the 16th , when someone appears to be taking you for a fool or expecting you to foot the bill . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But the British Menopause Society is warning that many of them might not be taking it for long enough . |
| 9 | You seemed to be taking it for granted , ’ she pointed out . |
| 10 | " Since you do not want the maiden , I am taking her for myself , gracious princess ! " he called . |
| 11 | I am taking it for granted that if you used the term , even in minutes and reports , you must have meant something by it . |
| 12 | ‘ You are taking it for granted that when I say ‘ what they like ’ I mean sexual experience . |
| 13 | ‘ Simon made a hash of telling his parents — he did hate them so — he went to Northumberland and come back rocking with laughter , Do you know what they are taking you for , my sweet ? |
| 14 | It was clear that she 'd been taking him for a ride , in that there was no ride in it for him at the end of the process . |
| 15 | ‘ If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault . |
| 16 | It may be that you have been taking them for so long that you are caught up in a chemical spiral and can not now function without them . |
| 17 | But I 've not been taking them for the last week . |
| 18 | I have obviously been taking you for granted . ’ |
| 19 | You you 've been taking it for how long ? |
| 20 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 21 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been taking it for two and a half years . |
| 23 | Been taking it for a week or so now ! |
| 24 | But not when he 's taking me for granted . |
| 25 | He 's taking it for the meeting tomorrow . |
| 26 | There was a much-told tale of her Australian infancy that was held to be prophetic in this respect — about how at the age of three she had , by the sheer force of her will , compelled her uncle Walter ( who was taking her for a walk to the local shops at the time ) to put all the money he had on his person into a charity collecting-box in the shape of a plaster-of-Paris boy cripple ; as a result of which the uncle , too embarrassed to admit to this folly and borrow from his relatives , had run out of petrol on the way back to his sheep station . |
| 27 | John was taking her for granted , so were the children . |
| 28 | The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction . |
| 29 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 30 | 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 . |