Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it for [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reality surprised me at first , and then like everyone else , I took it for granted . |
| 2 | I took it for granted that I could associate with people from all walks of life , from every background . |
| 3 | Back then I think my girlfriends and I took it for granted that washing regularly was an exclusively feminine pursuit . |
| 4 | I took it for granted I 'd just been lying there since I went out , and whoever had jumped me had made off and left me there . |
| 5 | She took it for granted that they talked about ‘ the handover ’ . |
| 6 | She took it for granted that each knew who the other was , and standing aside to motion him in she said : ‘ It 's good of you to be so accommodating , Mr Dalgliesh . |
| 7 | Ruth saw at once that her grandfather was not in the room , but she took it for granted that by some miracle he had improved enough to get upstairs and was resting in bed . |
| 8 | She took it for granted that he would know who Julian was . |
| 9 | She was aware , she must have been aware , she says , of the deep affection her father bore her , but alas she took it for granted . |
| 10 | She took it for granted he would be eager , and released him from her bear 's hug . |
| 11 | ‘ We were so good for so long that we took it for granted . |
| 12 | They took it for granted that this was Ramsey . |
| 13 | They took it for granted that the international world was one of competing powers and that their duty was to make the most of whatever assets were available to them . |
| 14 | Without such a stimulus , Libyans lived comfortably enough with Truth ; that is to say , they took it for granted , and ignored it . |
| 15 | Until recently , they took it for granted that their supplies from domestic sources could be obtained on credit and that , when these bills matured , any shortage of funds would be made good by the banks . |
| 16 | This year , as well as his old regulars , the Hoflins , Busacher , and old Anton , the répétiteur from Vienna , he had invited his friends on the theatre committee who had assisted so nobly in quelling the Gesner revolt , and Luiza , Freddi and Alfred , who came nearly every year but not so often they took it for granted . |
| 17 | He took it for granted that people would fall in love with Eva . |
| 18 | He took it for granted she would be there to service him whenever he wanted it . |
| 19 | ‘ Not in so many words , but until a month or two back he took it for granted that the business would come to him . |