Example sentences of "to take [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand , the researcher should try to take nothing for granted , but rather be surprised and intrigued by what is observed , as if trying to make sense of foreign culture . |
| 2 | I have no doubt that the majority of staff working in this difficult field do their job with compassion and professionalism , but this trial has shown that we can afford to take nothing for granted . |
| 3 | ‘ We have learned to take nothing for granted . |
| 4 | ‘ I warned you not to take me for granted , Kathleen . |
| 5 | We want Annabelle and Steven to enjoy the things we never had , not to take them for granted , but to appreciate how lucky they are to be able to celebrate like this surrounded by their families and friends . |
| 6 | Williamson 's theory of the firm is an attempt , following Coase , to explain the existence and internal structure of firms rather than to take them for granted . |
| 7 | The dogs were never collected , so Friends of Rough Collie Rescue ( FRCR ) at Marlow , Buckinghamshire , were asked to take them for rehoming . |
| 8 | It appeals to reason , but in order to reason we have got to take something for granted as a starting point and this can not be proved . |
| 9 | When I was pregnant , and we did not have this constantly changing situation of togetherness and separation , my husband complained that I had not noticed him kissing me goodbye in the morning — I was starting to take him for granted after only a few months without going to the mikva ! |
| 10 | She was very careful after that not to take him for granted , even occasionally making excuses to refuse his sporadic invitations , although it tore her to shreds not to be with him at every opportunity . |
| 11 | Beer seems such a simple drink that we tend to take it for granted . |
| 12 | However , with fewer breaks pilots tend to take it for granted that they will not get a cable break , and this makes them more vulnerable when one does occur . |
| 13 | Within the Western tradition of art we tend to take it for granted that much can be learned from the study of the art of the past and , traditionally , copying from the works of the Great Masters was one of a young student 's most important tasks . |
| 14 | Learning from experience is such a fundamental process that it is easy to take it for granted and assume that having experiences and learning from them are synonymous . |
| 15 | It 's easy to take it for granted that we take medication to get better but a child does n't necessarily understand that . ’ |
| 16 | Despite the darkness and unannounced approach , the raiding party found the Armstrong chiefs , Mangerton , Gilnockie , Whithaugh and the rest , awaiting their arrival at Langholm , their ‘ capital ’ , with some hundreds of their very tough riders assembled , a significant indication of their excellent information system in this wild Border country ; and when they heard of the descent on Dacre 's castle of Gilsland , they appeared to take it for granted that they would go along . |
| 17 | Technology is so pervasive , so much an intrinsic part of modern life , that we tend to take it for granted . |
| 18 | It is an elementary mistake to take it for granted that an act which has one symbolic meaning for us today possessed that same meaning eight hundred years ago . |
| 19 | For the rest of us , it seems commonplace and obvious that we should be able to think , imagine , perceive and remember in the ways that we do , and we tend to take it for granted that the rest of the world has the same sort of experience of everyday life that we do . |
| 20 | He seemed to take it for granted that she was the one to talk to . |
| 21 | It would be natural to take it for granted that the model and the dress designer were one and the same . |
| 22 | To her horror , Folly saw Luke nod and turn away down the corridor , leaving her alone with this sinister whispering woman who seemed to take it for granted that she was meekly going to strip off and join in what could only be some kind of orgy . |
| 23 | ‘ Then you had no right to speak for me , ’ Merrill whispered in hushed irritation , ‘ no right to take it for granted that — ’ |
| 24 | He seemed to take it for granted that everyone would do what he told them . |
| 25 | Her eyes followed him as he unpacked the bike , and she wondered if he was just going to take it for granted that she would sleep with him of if he would offer her the choice . |
| 26 | As a matter of fact , I rarely do , but she has begun to take it for granted . |
| 27 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 28 | It also it is a fact that the people that you do tend to lend the equipment out to take it for granted that you are also a highly qualified video sort of technician and if anything goes wrong , they ring you up and say ‘ What plug goes where , and why is n't this working ’ and why should you if you 're working run down to some conference in the John Hall Room and try and sort out something for these people . |
| 29 | So it 's not a good idea to take anything for granted , especially your relationship . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I have been around too long to take anything for granted so when I saw which way the wind was blowing I just buckled down and got on with playing . ’ |