Example sentences of "they [vb past] it for [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | They took it for granted that this was Ramsey . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Without such a stimulus , Libyans lived comfortably enough with Truth ; that is to say , they took it for granted , and ignored it . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |