Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [pers pn] for grant " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What makes you think you 're taking me for granted ? ’ |
| 2 | They 're taking us for granted ! |
| 3 | She thought , looking at the pleasant room : I 'm taking it for granted already ! |
| 4 | Unschooled children , if the evidence does demonstrate that they are being less explicit , may in fact be taking it for granted that the questioner can see what is being referred to so that there is no apparent need to be explicit . |
| 5 | You seemed to be taking it for granted , ’ she pointed out . |
| 6 | I am taking it for granted that if you used the term , even in minutes and reports , you must have meant something by it . |
| 7 | ‘ You are taking it for granted that when I say ‘ what they like ’ I mean sexual experience . |
| 8 | ‘ If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault . |
| 9 | I have obviously been taking you for granted . ’ |
| 10 | But not when he 's taking me for granted . |
| 11 | John was taking her for granted , so were the children . |
| 12 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |