Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] granted " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mama — ’ Gratitude rushed up in him ; he realised that he had not always considered her , had taken her for granted , had consulted her in nothing ; and now she had probably saved his reason .
2 He had taken it for granted that his verbose and glib explanation of the facts would convince the jury of his innocence .
3 She had taken it for granted that if Isobel accompanied Hank to the ball , it would be a kind of aunt and nephew relationship , but now she wondered .
4 All his life , he had taken it for granted that they loved each other to the exclusion of anyone else .
5 Until the 1640s the colonies had taken it for granted that they would trade only with England , partly because Charles 's government gave orders that they should , partly because the hostile Spanish colonies offered them no real alternative .
6 ‘ As a matter of fact , I had taken it for granted that you would n't want a boring old fart like me trailing after you round Siena . ’
7 He had taken it for granted that the other reasons did n't need to be spelled out .
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