Example sentences of "for [vb pp] [that] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack had gone to India soon afterwards , and although Susan wore no ring they were definitely engaged , and everyone took it for granted that they would marry as soon as circumstances would permit . |
| 2 | Despite the darkness and unannounced approach , the raiding party found the Armstrong chiefs , Mangerton , Gilnockie , Whithaugh and the rest , awaiting their arrival at Langholm , their ‘ capital ’ , with some hundreds of their very tough riders assembled , a significant indication of their excellent information system in this wild Border country ; and when they heard of the descent on Dacre 's castle of Gilsland , they appeared to take it for granted that they would go along . |
| 3 | The trading employees in India were not paid salaries in the modern sense of income they could live on ; they got small retainers , starting at perhaps £5 a year , and it was taken for granted that they would supplement their retainers by trading , sometimes acting as agents buying the goods that would eventually be exported by the Company ( though this could easily lead to fraud ) , but more often dealing for their own account . |
| 4 | Until the 1640s the colonies had taken it for granted that they would trade only with England , partly because Charles 's government gave orders that they should , partly because the hostile Spanish colonies offered them no real alternative . |
| 5 | He seemed to take it for granted that everyone would do what he told them . |
| 6 | ‘ I would n't mind , ’ she explained , ‘ but they just took it for granted that she would go back to work and I would look after the baby , without even asking me . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He seemed to take for granted that she would share his views on the derelicts . |
| 9 | He was offered constituencies ; it was taken for granted that he would stand for Parliament in the first post-war elections . |
| 10 | She took it for granted that he would know who Julian was . |