Example sentences of "[was/were] take [pron] for grant " in BNC.
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| 1 | John was taking her for granted , so were the children . |
| 2 | ‘ I always fancied my chances of playing against Dublin and so it worked out , but I was taking nothing for granted . |
| 3 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 4 | Robert Sheldrake was taking it for granted that the only threat to his practice was that of two small-animal vets , and even that was sufficient for him to be rather unpleasant . |
| 5 | So he was taking it for granted or or chancing his hand that this Monday for this year was going to be another good day . |
| 6 | Isambard was taking it for granted , it seemed , that a boy of fifteen could easily be seduced into giving his confidence , or at least some incautious fringes of it , to companions not so far from his own age and under orders to ingratiate themselves with him . |
| 7 | Predictably Labour 's Alan Milburn was pleased with The Northern ‘ s poll result although he stressed no one was taking anything for granted and the relentless effort would not ease between now and polling on Thursday . |