Example sentences of "to take [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I 'm asking you to take it for me — because you always have my full confidence as my personal assistant . |
| 32 | It is an elementary mistake to take it for granted that an act which has one symbolic meaning for us today possessed that same meaning eight hundred years ago . |
| 33 | For the rest of us , it seems commonplace and obvious that we should be able to think , imagine , perceive and remember in the ways that we do , and we tend to take it for granted that the rest of the world has the same sort of experience of everyday life that we do . |
| 34 | He seemed to take it for granted that she was the one to talk to . |
| 35 | It would be natural to take it for granted that the model and the dress designer were one and the same . |
| 36 | To her horror , Folly saw Luke nod and turn away down the corridor , leaving her alone with this sinister whispering woman who seemed to take it for granted that she was meekly going to strip off and join in what could only be some kind of orgy . |
| 37 | ‘ Then you had no right to speak for me , ’ Merrill whispered in hushed irritation , ‘ no right to take it for granted that — ’ |
| 38 | He seemed to take it for granted that everyone would do what he told them . |
| 39 | Her eyes followed him as he unpacked the bike , and she wondered if he was just going to take it for granted that she would sleep with him of if he would offer her the choice . |
| 40 | As a matter of fact , I rarely do , but she has begun to take it for granted . |
| 41 | She was lying in a freezing ditch , still with her pet dog , four days after she left home to take it for a walk . |
| 42 | I 'd like to take it for a spin . |
| 43 | I said well if you got us a dog I 'd have to take it for a late night walk would n't I ? |
| 44 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 45 | It also it is a fact that the people that you do tend to lend the equipment out to take it for granted that you are also a highly qualified video sort of technician and if anything goes wrong , they ring you up and say ‘ What plug goes where , and why is n't this working ’ and why should you if you 're working run down to some conference in the John Hall Room and try and sort out something for these people . |
| 46 | ‘ People try to take us for a ride from time to time . |
| 47 | If ever he used to take us for a spare lesson , all he used to do was draw on the blackboard the scrum lineouts and things . |