Example sentences of "[was/were] take [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | John was taking her for granted , so were the children . |
| 3 | The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction . |
| 4 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So he was taking it for granted or or chancing his hand that this Monday for this year was going to be another good day . |
| 7 | Isambard was taking it for granted , it seemed , that a boy of fifteen could easily be seduced into giving his confidence , or at least some incautious fringes of it , to companions not so far from his own age and under orders to ingratiate themselves with him . |