Example sentences of "[adv] took it for grant " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harriet walked home wondering why she had not organised something of this sort before and marvelling at Mrs Rafferty 's complete acceptance of her own role in the community , one in which she obviously took it for granted that she herself had no need or right to ‘ a bit of a break ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I used to see and feel things in the house , but being a child I just took it for granted that everybody else was seeing and feeling the same things . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ There was such an incredible level of will involved , ’ reflects Rowland , ‘ and we just took it for granted that we were , like , better than everybody else by about 50 million miles . |
| 5 | ‘ Because she just took it for granted that I was there to wait on her . |
| 6 | I just took it for granted he was on his way back to the group . ’ |
| 7 | Well the others have made a bit , we just took it for granted that she was giving us ten per cent rise , and did n't bother , cos they trusted her , but |
| 8 | Somehow I just took it for granted you worked in London . ’ |
| 9 | When I went to live in the attic , Jean-Claude still took it for granted that the wood he needed for the stove should be filched from the railway sidings . |
| 10 | We know that , in general , the literati became the bureaucratic agents of the established political order and that they always took it for granted that hierarchy is part of the natural order of things . |
| 11 | Even the employer operating from his own premises often took it for granted that if his advantage dictated it , the parish must take the strain . |
| 12 | We simply took it for granted that women can function well in psychology in all kinds of settings , and we showed that they could by doing our work . |
| 13 | He found himself unexpectedly touched by her simple assumption , the way she absolutely took it for granted , that he was innocent . |