Example sentences of "[vb mod] take [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many different water filters and softeners on the market , but you should take nothing for granted , so consult the local water authority before using any of these devices . |
| 2 | Yeah , she 'd started to need Dionne , pushed it aside since they were friends , and between friends you could take it for granted , since it was . |
| 3 | The comfortable classes could take it for granted that such conditions were the lot of the working classes : sad but normal . |
| 4 | We Westerners may take them for granted as part of the furniture of any self-respecting office and available to all on every high street . |
| 5 | A young wife may assume that her husband will come shopping with her and he may take it for granted that she will stay at home while he goes to the local football match , or plays golf with the boys . |
| 6 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 7 | It is three years since West Coast beat the Glasgow side without losing a set but Su Ragazzi will take nothing for granted . |
| 8 | He will take nothing for granted against a Swansea side who are only three points off the top of the table . |
| 9 | It 's just that sometimes — well , I do n't even know if we have a relationship , and I do n't want him thinking he can take me for granted . ’ |
| 10 | Last January 's shock FA Cup exit against Wrexham acts as a sharp reminder that they can take nothing for granted at Scarborough . |
| 11 | The rate of change in media will continue at this pace for some years and we can take nothing for granted . |
| 12 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |