Example sentences of "taking it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was of the two of us leaning up against the Arch of Titus in Rome — we had bullied some fellow tourist into taking it for us . |
| 2 | Davis is not taking it for granted . |
| 3 | Yet others may deplore British nationalism while taking it for granted that there is some homogeneous group called the British , thus conceding the basic premise for a British nationalism . |
| 4 | Ludens was right in a way to complain that they were now all taking it for granted . |
| 5 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 6 | The Motor Vehicles ( Tests ) regulations 1981 exempt among other motor vehicles most public service vehicles ; goods vehicles of an unladen weight exceeding 1525 kg ( about 30 cwts ) ( other than dual purpose vehicles ) ; articulated vehicles ; when submitting a vehicle for a test after prior arrangement or bringing it away ; where a test certificate is refused — taking it for repair by prior arrangement or bringing it away and also taking it , by towing to be broken up , and motor traders when repairing motor vehicles etc . |
| 7 | Here the dog will have the benefit of family companionship , but it is best to advise the person concerned not to let your pet off the leash when taking it for a walk outside . |
| 8 | By citizens and burgesses he meant the freemen of corporate towns , taking it for granted that his readers would understand that this privilege had in practice come to be restricted to the richer inhabitants — merchants , not working craftsmen . |
| 9 | Unschooled children , if the evidence does demonstrate that they are being less explicit , may in fact be taking it for granted that the questioner can see what is being referred to so that there is no apparent need to be explicit . |
| 10 | Still , taking it for what it is , I can report that it is on the whole satisfactorily performed , due mainly to the merits of the soloists : Barbara Schlick 's soprano rings out finely in the wonderful air with cello , ‘ What passion can not Music raise or quell ’ ( I give titles in the familiar English rather than the German used here , of course ) , and again in her paean of the organ , though in the final chorus the sense and the noble simplicity of the solo soprano in turn with the choir , a real piece of English eccentricity , somehow becomes merely odd in German . |
| 11 | But the British Menopause Society is warning that many of them might not be taking it for long enough . |
| 12 | She thought , looking at the pleasant room : I 'm taking it for granted already ! |
| 13 | ‘ You are taking it for granted that when I say ‘ what they like ’ I mean sexual experience . |
| 14 | She seemed to accept Neil 's presents as her right and , what 's more , was increasingly taking it for granted they would be expensive . |
| 15 | Because that was when I stopped taking it for granted . |
| 16 | He 's taking it for the meeting tomorrow . |
| 17 | Between waking and full consciousness I see clearly that I should never have so casually left the inn once I had got there , taking it for granted I could get back quite simply . |
| 18 | Dane was either unaware of her stunned reaction , or else was simply taking it for granted , she thought irritably . |
| 19 | Your brother 's death left you heiress to Tracy Castle , and I intend taking it for the King . ’ |
| 20 | You you 've been taking it for how long ? |
| 21 | Acceptance of mystery — taking it for granted that the spirit is beyond our total comprehension , that this dimension can not easily be put into words , or expressed adequately in any art form . |
| 22 | I am taking it for granted that if you used the term , even in minutes and reports , you must have meant something by it . |
| 23 | You seemed to be taking it for granted , ’ she pointed out . |
| 24 | Robert Sheldrake was taking it for granted that the only threat to his practice was that of two small-animal vets , and even that was sufficient for him to be rather unpleasant . |
| 25 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 26 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been taking it for two and a half years . |
| 28 | There appears to be no significant risk to women who take it for less than five years but the risk does increase slightly between five and ten years , and taking it for more than 15 years gives a higher risk still . |
| 29 | So he was taking it for granted or or chancing his hand that this Monday for this year was going to be another good day . |
| 30 | Isambard was taking it for granted , it seemed , that a boy of fifteen could easily be seduced into giving his confidence , or at least some incautious fringes of it , to companions not so far from his own age and under orders to ingratiate themselves with him . |