Example sentences of "[noun sg] take [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who do n't put on weight take it for granted that the rest of us are greedy and lacking in will power . |
| 2 | ‘ Then you had no right to speak for me , ’ Merrill whispered in hushed irritation , ‘ no right to take it for granted that — ’ |
| 3 | Nor can an economist take it for granted that inflation will make people save more ( in the US they save less ) . |
| 4 | Even Nanny took it for granted . |
| 5 | McDonald 's belongs to a federation of companies in the same business and the area man takes it for granted that the firm 's competitors will soon hear about the relaxed consent and apply to the agency for similar leniency . |
| 6 | The scrutiny takes nothing for granted but looks directly at what actually happens at all levels of the area under study . |
| 7 | The church found it hard to enforce chastity within marriage when a pagan man took it for granted that he had the right to sleep with his slavegirls . |
| 8 | It is an elementary mistake to take it for granted that an act which has one symbolic meaning for us today possessed that same meaning eight hundred years ago . |
| 9 | The central character is so consistently developed that the audience take it for granted the house will fall down only a few weeks after he has started [ sic ] to live in it . ’ |
| 10 | So it 's not a good idea to take anything for granted , especially your relationship . ’ |