Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quietly sipping champagne in a corner of the large marquee , Laura was just chiding herself for having over-reacted in such a feeble , juvenile way towards a man who could n't possibly be interested in her , when she looked up — and suddenly found Ross standing in front of her ! |
| 2 | Davis is not taking it for granted . |
| 3 | Smith is still taking nothing for granted — he 's had the Danish champions watched five times . |
| 4 | He was usually decrying her for displaying that vice . |
| 5 | Making excuses e.g. excusing yourself for shouting at the babysitter — after all she was three minutes late |
| 6 | And if the government had provided it for his use , why was it now prosecuting him for using it ? |
| 7 | She seemed to accept Neil 's presents as her right and , what 's more , was increasingly taking it for granted they would be expensive . |
| 8 | Dane was either unaware of her stunned reaction , or else was simply taking it for granted , she thought irritably . |
| 9 | He just reads their mail without them knowing it and the thing that would really appeal to him is that the companies he sets his sights on are actually paying him for delivering it ! ’ |
| 10 | She took a shaky step back , mentally berating herself for continuing to react to him in this inexplicable fashion . |