Example sentences of "[vb mod] not take [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of taxing what most people regard as their birthright , fresh air , is startling , but perhaps Tolba is right : we should not take it for granted . |
| 2 | A reminder that he should not take it for granted that he would in time succeed to England , Normandy and Anjou ? |
| 3 | Often there is no such work to be had , but if there is , the asylum seekers should not take it at the expense of people already here . |
| 4 | I only pray heaven she may not take it into her head to run away while I am out of reach ! ’ |
| 5 | It may not take you via many of the islands which Wallace visited , but at least you 'll arrive . |
| 6 | He could not take her to bed in his double , conjugal room , but , no doubt Amaranth had a single somewhere . |
| 7 | My imagination could not take me to such depths of anger , so I implored her to tell me what was happening before Kareem ( my husband ) paid his afternoon visit . |
| 8 | She could not take him to Nan-Nan who would soon be , if she were n't already , fussing , supervising the nurserymaids , the care of the baby … . |
| 9 | One of them , Machik , ‘ manifested great inventiveness , cunning and insidiousness in his struggle against the Russian authorities , and the voevody could not take him at his word ’ . |
| 10 | Those of us who live in south-east London not three miles from King 's Cross know that if we were taking our children to meet a continental train , or if we were taking elderly parents or grandparents to meet the train , we would not take them to King 's Cross , because we could not park there or get them near the platforms . |
| 11 | ‘ I shall not take him to Court . |
| 12 | Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest . |
| 13 | The doctors are appalled by the press , everybody is appalled ; the nurse is freaking out and saying she will not take me to the operating theatre because they will take my picture and harass me ; she is terrified somebody is going to hit her , so in the end my lawyer wheels me because nobody else dares . |
| 14 | The Storys leave for Rome at the end of this month and can not take him with them . |
| 15 | Breaks my heart to part with them but I am going to live abroad and can not take them with me . |
| 16 | We can not take it for granted any longer that the division of Germany is sustainable ; in consequence , the whole European security order may be unstable . |
| 17 | So you can not take it for granted . |
| 18 | ‘ Mr Beckenham , since I am in some sort indebted to you , I will , if you please , refrain from making you any answer , for I can not take it upon myself to do so without speaking to you in a manner which must sound both insolent and ungrateful ! ’ |
| 19 | Nor need your eyes miss seeing what your feet perhaps can not take you to . |
| 20 | And I can not take you with me . ’ |
| 21 | Then , ‘ I can not take you with me without the sorcerers ’ help , ’ he said . |