Example sentences of "[conj] take [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He talked with them in his study or took them for walks in the park . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He takes me and picks me up from school and takes us where we wan na go you know , off to the shop , off to here , off to get some get some drink and takes us for a drive and |
| 5 | Should you ever want to organise a course on ‘ Cut & Sew ’ I can really recommend you have Pam to come and take it for you . |
| 6 | Means going back in the morning and taking him for a walk |
| 7 | There appears to be no significant risk to women who take it for less than five years but the risk does increase slightly between five and ten years , and taking it for more than 15 years gives a higher risk still . |
| 8 | Mary became worried Alex was not progressing well and took him for tests . |
| 9 | After a time , his doctor friend had seen enough of his extremity and took him for a drink in the airport bar . |
| 10 | Yesterday , two Norfolk men who kidnapped a prime suspect and took him for a ride were sent to prison for five years and apparently the suspect did not even get a police caution . |
| 11 | Gulliver 's Travels went back to telling fantastic tales , but Swift wrote the book in the same realistic style as Defoe , and took it for granted that his readers would find it quite natural that at the ends of the earth men were just the same as in England — petty , trivial , grasping , and generally unpleasant . |
| 12 | This was a sensible policy which would bring stability to Britain , and took it for granted that stability would mean that relations with the colonies would remain unchanged . |
| 13 | Anyone who became Nawab expected to be rich , and took it for granted that he should reward those who had helped him to the throne . |
| 14 | ‘ For I called on the sea to bear me away , and I came down to this isle and took it for my own . |
| 15 | There 's supposed to be a back fire-escape , but years ago , before I came here , someone unhooked it and took it for scrap . |
| 16 | The young man , whose name was Merbury , was eager and inexperienced , and took it for granted , as an honest man well might , that his story of complete and shattering victory , of the capture of so many of the active nobility of Scotland , and of a bright lustre added to the name of Percy and of England could not fail to be pleasing to his sovereign . |
| 17 | The Chronicle C text records that in 1028 Cnut sailed from England to Norway with fifty ships ; D and E add that he drove Olaf away and took it for himself . |
| 18 | Livingston was quoted as saying he was given the supplement drink by a friend and took it for three weeks before the Games , not knowing it contained the steroid. — PA |
| 19 | Yes , in Vienna , a lady , I will not say her name but assure you that any conversation I had with poor little Mrs Crump was most decidedly not on this subject and not about this lady — she has clearly clutched at a reference and taken it for a confidence — in Vienna , this lady of , I may admit it , royal connection , formed an attachment for me which was not reciprocated but proved most difficult to disengage . |
| 20 | Opo would ease between her legs and take her for rides . |
| 21 | so I might have a couple of days off and then I can be with Laddie and take him for walks and everything |
| 22 | I 'm going to buy you a lovely new lead as your share of the prize and take you for walks on it — with something for you to carry in your mouth . ’ |
| 23 | It 's a modern affliction to look at an aircraft , something that has yet to reach its 100th birthday in our history , and take it for granted . |
| 24 | You could put lipstick and some feathers on that one and take it for a walk . ’ |
| 25 | And everybody was aware that this was the norm , and so you accept it and take it for granted . |
| 26 | I must give you one and take it for her . |
| 27 | No , not by any means , but of course , when the weather is right , people just accept it and take it for granted . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Here the dog will have the benefit of family companionship , but it is best to advise the person concerned not to let your pet off the leash when taking it for a walk outside . |