Example sentences of "[vb past] taken it for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He had taken it for granted that his verbose and glib explanation of the facts would convince the jury of his innocence . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | All his life , he had taken it for granted that they loved each other to the exclusion of anyone else . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | He had taken it for granted that the other reasons did n't need to be spelled out . |