Example sentences of "taking [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | But not when he 's taking me for granted . |
2 | ‘ If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault . |
3 | ‘ What makes you think you 're taking me for granted ? ’ |
4 | Art helps us to break out of this prison-house by subverting conventional sign-systems and forcing us to focus our attention on signs themselves rather than taking them for granted . |
5 | But they are supremely experienced in the process of discovery , and when they do play older repertory they always do it with a sense of looking freshly at the notes , taking nothing for granted . |
6 | ‘ I do n't see why I ca n't continue my run for the seniors , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm taking nothing for granted . ’ |
7 | Smith is still taking nothing for granted — he 's had the Danish champions watched five times . |
8 | DESPITE a memorable victory over Ukrainian side Karpaty Lvov in the European Cup Winners Cup on Wednesday , Shelbourne midfielder Paul Doolin is taking nothing for granted as his former club Derry City visit Tolka Park this afternoon . |
9 | But Hughes is adamant that despite their glittering array of striking talent with himself , Ryan Giggs , Ian Rush and Dean Saunders in the side Wales are taking nothing for granted . |
10 | ‘ I always fancied my chances of playing against Dublin and so it worked out , but I was taking nothing for granted . |
11 | But he 's taking nothing for granted . |
12 | Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line-up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman . |
13 | Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line-up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman . |
14 | ‘ And anyway , who 's taking whom for granted this time ? ’ |
15 | I have obviously been taking you for granted . ’ |
16 | For taking you for granted . ’ |
17 | He was afraid she might see him sticking out and start taking him for granted or make unwomanly advances . |
18 | If she missed his letters for a few days , she would probably stop taking him for granted . |
19 | John was taking her for granted , so were the children . |
20 | She felt that the ‘ on — off ’ nature of their relationship — when he was here today but not tomorrow , or even the next day — was all part of Nicky 's habit of taking her for granted . |
21 | I could have pointed out that there was never any chance of me taking her for granted , because the minute I stopped thinking about her she sobbed until I noticed her again . |
22 | Davis is not taking it for granted . |
23 | Yet others may deplore British nationalism while taking it for granted that there is some homogeneous group called the British , thus conceding the basic premise for a British nationalism . |
24 | Ludens was right in a way to complain that they were now all taking it for granted . |
25 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
26 | By citizens and burgesses he meant the freemen of corporate towns , taking it for granted that his readers would understand that this privilege had in practice come to be restricted to the richer inhabitants — merchants , not working craftsmen . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | She thought , looking at the pleasant room : I 'm taking it for granted already ! |
29 | ‘ You are taking it for granted that when I say ‘ what they like ’ I mean sexual experience . |
30 | She seemed to accept Neil 's presents as her right and , what 's more , was increasingly taking it for granted they would be expensive . |