Example sentences of "[adv] to take [pron] for grant " in BNC.

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1 We want Annabelle and Steven to enjoy the things we never had , not to take them for granted , but to appreciate how lucky they are to be able to celebrate like this surrounded by their families and friends .
2 ‘ I warned you not to take me for granted , Kathleen .
3 She was very careful after that not to take him for granted , even occasionally making excuses to refuse his sporadic invitations , although it tore her to shreds not to be with him at every opportunity .
4 Macmillan — worried by the age gap between himself and the young president — was careful not to take anything for granted .
5 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 .
6 It made sense and yet he had learned never to take anything for granted in this game .
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