Example sentences of "i took [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well . |
| 2 | For a moment , I took him for a vagrant , but then I saw he was just some local fellow enjoying the fresh air and summer sunshine , and saw no reason not to comply . |
| 3 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 4 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 5 | In the next throne along lounged an elegant young man — summer business suit , Cal tan , thick , unlayered rug : I took him for an actor . |
| 6 | That is why I took him for an agent . |
| 7 | ‘ I took them for a ride in a van and a walk through Epping Forest . ’ |
| 8 | I took them for the shrine in the loft one night , and have them to this day , little brown twists of dried plant like old Sellotape , stuck in a little glass bottle . |
| 9 | No , no , I said to Richard is , is , Debbie not feeling well enough to come here , no I took her for a little ride round the . |
| 10 | ‘ When I first met you , I took you for a pleasure anorexic . ’ |
| 11 | I took you for a bit of a rogue , but maybe you 're just a fool . |
| 12 | I took it for a continuation . |
| 13 | Then she held out her hand to me , and I took it for a second . |
| 14 | in fact , I took it for a taxi up here from there went to pit club , we had one in pit club and a game of bingo , went to Peacock we had one in Peacock and eat our sandwich . |
| 15 | so it er , it were running alright then , and er I took it for a spin I went round the block , up Robin Hood Way |
| 16 | Yeah I 'd considered buying it and all that , you know it do n't take five minutes you know , and I took it for a test drive |