Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reality surprised me at first , and then like everyone else , I took it for granted . |
| 2 | I took it for granted that I could associate with people from all walks of life , from every background . |
| 3 | Back then I think my girlfriends and I took it for granted that washing regularly was an exclusively feminine pursuit . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She took it for granted that they talked about ‘ the handover ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She took it for granted that he would know who Julian was . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She took it for granted he would be eager , and released him from her bear 's hug . |
| 11 | ‘ We used it for shirting in 1992 and we 're using it in blends with linen for suitings for spring 1993 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We were so good for so long that we took it for granted . |
| 13 | And this er oh dear what was the name of it , they had a special title for the man that sort of ran the stall as they called it for getting the coal out and he he chose who he wanted to go to work . |
| 14 | They took it for granted that this was Ramsey . |
| 15 | They took it for granted that the international world was one of competing powers and that their duty was to make the most of whatever assets were available to them . |
| 16 | Without such a stimulus , Libyans lived comfortably enough with Truth ; that is to say , they took it for granted , and ignored it . |
| 17 | Until recently , they took it for granted that their supplies from domestic sources could be obtained on credit and that , when these bills matured , any shortage of funds would be made good by the banks . |
| 18 | This year , as well as his old regulars , the Hoflins , Busacher , and old Anton , the répétiteur from Vienna , he had invited his friends on the theatre committee who had assisted so nobly in quelling the Gesner revolt , and Luiza , Freddi and Alfred , who came nearly every year but not so often they took it for granted . |
| 19 | He was pleased with the result and wanted to use it for something for himself and he adapted it for designing colour patterns for Sandra to knit on her machine . |
| 20 | And he hailed it for providing an ideal environment in which individualism can flourish . |
| 21 | He took it for granted that people would fall in love with Eva . |
| 22 | He took it for granted she would be there to service him whenever he wanted it . |
| 23 | ‘ Not in so many words , but until a month or two back he took it for granted that the business would come to him . |