Example sentences of "[pers pn] take it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shall I take it for her . |
| 2 | The reality surprised me at first , and then like everyone else , I took it for granted . |
| 3 | I took it for granted that I could associate with people from all walks of life , from every background . |
| 4 | ’ ’ I took it for something inevitable . |
| 5 | I took it for a continuation . |
| 6 | Back then I think my girlfriends and I took it for granted that washing regularly was an exclusively feminine pursuit . |
| 7 | Then she held out her hand to me , and I took it for a second . |
| 8 | I took it for granted I 'd just been lying there since I went out , and whoever had jumped me had made off and left me there . |
| 9 | You see , he was exceptionally nice and he used to lecture at the colleges and er he was a real , very nice gentleman and er and so he , of course he , he , he took his drink across to the table with him and sometimes I took it for him it just depend and he , he wrote this book and er I forget now , perhaps you would like to read and see what he says |
| 10 | in fact , I took it for a taxi up here from there went to pit club , we had one in pit club and a game of bingo , went to Peacock we had one in Peacock and eat our sandwich . |
| 11 | so it er , it were running alright then , and er I took it for a spin I went round the block , up Robin Hood Way |
| 12 | Yeah I 'd considered buying it and all that , you know it do n't take five minutes you know , and I took it for a test drive |
| 13 | ‘ When I play , some days it 's off , some days it 's on , and I take it for what it is . |
| 14 | Right I 'm convinced such a good breed and you very kindly rigged this Topper up for me so well you wo n't mind if I take it for a spin will you ? |
| 15 | But you see you take it for granted . |
| 16 | But what do you take it for ? |
| 17 | What do you take it for ? |
| 18 | She took it for granted that they talked about ‘ the handover ’ . |
| 19 | She took it for granted that each knew who the other was , and standing aside to motion him in she said : ‘ It 's good of you to be so accommodating , Mr Dalgliesh . |
| 20 | Ruth saw at once that her grandfather was not in the room , but she took it for granted that by some miracle he had improved enough to get upstairs and was resting in bed . |
| 21 | She took it for granted that he would know who Julian was . |
| 22 | She was aware , she must have been aware , she says , of the deep affection her father bore her , but alas she took it for granted . |
| 23 | She took it for granted he would be eager , and released him from her bear 's hug . |
| 24 | When she began to unbutton his shirt he stood , paralysed , staring at the slack flesh round her stomach , he shivered and she took it for excitement ; he had dreamed about this , waiting for the moment when he would instinctively know what to do , would take control , but instead she was rubbing against him with a cool professionalism that unnerved him . |
| 25 | And , as one of my brothers said , if you took it for a walk it panted . |
| 26 | You take it for granted one of the maids will come in and tidy it for you . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm asking you to take it for me — because you always have my full confidence as my personal assistant . |
| 28 | Why do we take it for granted that education is a good to which everyone equally is entitled ? |
| 29 | No longer do we take it for granted as meaning that we get a job in a company , or an industry , with the hope and intention of learning new skills , gaining experience and becoming part of an enterprise , in turn passing on skills and giving others the benefit of our experience . |
| 30 | It 's only afterwards , in the Epilogue , that we learn with surprise and perhaps some vexation that repentance and acceptance of suffering come to him not then but much later , in prison ; his confession was not the decisive moral feat we took it for . |