Example sentences of "[verb] take it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because that was when I stopped taking it for granted . |
| 2 | Ruth instinctively clasped Fand 's hand again ; she 'd taken it for granted the half-mortals would be hostile to one of Fincara 's Women . |
| 3 | He seemed to take it for granted that she was the one to talk to . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He seemed to take it for granted that everyone would do what he told them . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I should have taken it for granted there was something the matter . ’ |
| 8 | There is nothing essentially new in thus narrowing the scope of will ; most of mankind throughout most of its history seems to have taken it for granted that they were moved by forces from beyond them and mysterious to them , which might lift them above or drag them below the capacities of which they might presume to be in command ( in Christian theology , the unpredictable visitations of divine grace assisting a will otherwise impotent to resist the Devil ) , and in the present century , ever since Freud demonstrated that the same conception of man could be translated from a religious into a psychological language , we have found ourselves thinking our way back to it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Beer seems such a simple drink that we tend to take it for granted . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Technology is so pervasive , so much an intrinsic part of modern life , that we tend to take it for granted . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He had taken it for granted that his verbose and glib explanation of the facts would convince the jury of his innocence . |
| 16 | She had taken it for granted that if Isobel accompanied Hank to the ball , it would be a kind of aunt and nephew relationship , but now she wondered . |
| 17 | All his life , he had taken it for granted that they loved each other to the exclusion of anyone else . |
| 18 | Until the 1640s the colonies had taken it for granted that they would trade only with England , partly because Charles 's government gave orders that they should , partly because the hostile Spanish colonies offered them no real alternative . |
| 19 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I had taken it for granted that you would n't want a boring old fart like me trailing after you round Siena . ’ |
| 20 | He had taken it for granted that the other reasons did n't need to be spelled out . |
| 21 | As a matter of fact , I rarely do , but she has begun to take it for granted . |
| 22 | Economists have taken it for granted that to get round it , creditors will in practice need to get most of the benefit from debt relief . |
| 23 | So far we have taken it for granted that the distinction between ambiguity and generality is intuitively obvious . |
| 24 | In fact , the calculation above hides a significant assumption : We have taken it for granted that there are precisely 3 offspring . |
| 25 | And they have happened as I have wanted , and I have taken it for granted that they have because I know where I 'm going . |