Example sentences of "[adv] take [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll always honour and obey you , Harry , and I 'll do anything you say or go anywhere you want if you 'll only take me for a wife . " |
| 2 | A chocolate bar or an ice-cream , or sometimes he 'd just take them for a walk . |
| 3 | whatever it is , deflate , and er guy come round , no problems , no problems with it , well I mean the head gasket 's gone and there 's a hole near the wing and bald tyre on it but mechanically it 's , this guy comes round to look at it , I mean he 's been driving it from Plymouth , he 's in the navy , up and down here , bloke comes round , yeah no problem , come on round mate , come and have a look at it , look round it , says yeah I like this can I just take it for a drive ? |
| 4 | Not just taking me for a ride ? ’ |
| 5 | Other negatives were Gareth Burnells 's ‘ No , mate , I do n't think there 's any particular dispute over this stretch of the Derwent , ’ and Neil Newton Taylor 's ‘ No , we 're just taking them for a walk' ’ on a picture postcard of Cauldron Snout . |
| 6 | Yeah he 's not taking me for a ride or anything . |
| 7 | At least he was spared the knowledge that he 'd given the doge 's ring to a heartless little bitch who 'd just taken him for a ride . ’ |
| 8 | " When I go on holiday Con always takes him for a week or two and he has never mentioned any … anything unusual … in that way . " |
| 9 | Francis always takes him for a walk last thing before going to bed . |
| 10 | With a figure like that one would hardly take her for a chips and stodge consumer . |
| 11 | He obviously still took us for a couple holidaying together , and his embarrassment at intruding took the form of ignoring my presence . |
| 12 | She did n't come , which was surprising ; she was a docile creature and particularly devoted to him because he always took her for a walk when he was at the stables . |
| 13 | She was lying in a freezing ditch , still with her pet dog , four days after she left home to take it for a walk . |
| 14 | However , in two-player mode the game really comes into its own : you can beat yer mates up and still take 'em for a pint afterwards ! 69% |
| 15 | That bloke probably took it for a ride he said . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you really take me for a fool ? ’ |
| 17 | And you just But as we were saying er talking to Janet afterwards there was another little one down at the side , erm mum was getting a bit irate with him , but you see they do n't take anything for the children to do . |
| 18 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
| 19 | Car joy : Prince Charles presented a £54,000 hi-tech van to disabled man who then took him for a spin . |
| 20 | You can get all the details of what 's under the hood , how much they cost and then take one for a test drive on this full VGA driving simulator . |
| 21 | They 'd never take you for a terrorist . |
| 22 | ‘ I never took you for a person who constantly changes her mind , Fran . ’ |
| 23 | I appreciate you 're a very clever woman , but then I never took you for a fool . |
| 24 | Still , about half the people never take anything for a headache . |