Example sentences of "take [pron] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you could take them for a walk every day , from three to half-past four or something like that , I 'd be terribly grateful . |
| 2 | A chocolate bar or an ice-cream , or sometimes he 'd just take them for a walk . |
| 3 | You must take me for a fool ! |
| 4 | Do you take me for a fool , child ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 're ordering me around again , if that 's what you mean , ’ she replied , ‘ and if you think I 'm going to trot obediently upstairs and take off all my clothes you must take me for a fool . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Do you take me for a fool , sir ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Do you really take me for a fool ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . " |
| 9 | Later that day , Mrs Knelle declared that she 'd take me for a drive , to see Ashford Castle , a local stately home that was now an hotel . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you take me for a highwayman ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Could you take me for a spin through the country , and then on to Sligo ? ’ |
| 12 | I did take you for a couple staying there together , and normally I would have retreated smartly and come back here again , but for what had already happened . |
| 13 | " If that be so , then I 'll take you for a wife . |
| 14 | They 'd never take you for a terrorist . |
| 15 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 16 | You know , he may take you for a meal after he 's stayed a , a fortnight , and it 'll , he might lose his wallet , or , take you to the sausage and chips place round the corner , so he , he 's a nightmare . |
| 17 | I 'll take you for a meal and drop you at Ilse 's place afterwards . |
| 18 | Stand under his tree acting crazy and the squirrel will take you for a nut . |
| 19 | " I shall have to take you back with me to Vienna , dear Tilda , yes , I 'm sorry , I sha n't be able to manage without you , fortunately you 're so small they wo n't miss you here and I can take you for a Glücksbringer . " |
| 20 | Go on , push yourself up on the handles and let the trolley take you for a ride , just like a child ! |
| 21 | and and th that 's ri they were , they , mum was gon na stay at home and I was gon na take you for a ride on the train |
| 22 | Did they take you for a week and show you |
| 23 | And John was great , and he showed her round and he said , well look , why do n't you take one for a test drive . |
| 24 | There 's got ta be someone out there though , that 'll take him for a ride ! |
| 25 | Later , she 'd take him for a walk , if her father did n't have time . |
| 26 | He vowed that when they returned in the summer he would take her for a holiday . |
| 27 | With a figure like that one would hardly take her for a chips and stodge consumer . |
| 28 | Did he take her for a fool ? |
| 29 | So as I can take her for a ride and back . |
| 30 | Right now I was too busy working on where he could take her for a honeymoon . |