Example sentences of "not take [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All marriages are special occasions but a second marriage is a doubly precious time because you do not take everything for granted . |
| 2 | But Mills warned : ‘ We can not take anything for granted . ’ |
| 3 | But Mr Lyall will not take anything for granted even though Ipswich are 10 points clear at the top . |
| 4 | We can not take it for granted any longer that the division of Germany is sustainable ; in consequence , the whole European security order may be unstable . |
| 5 | The idea of taxing what most people regard as their birthright , fresh air , is startling , but perhaps Tolba is right : we should not take it for granted . |
| 6 | Let us not take it for granted . |
| 7 | The ethnomethodologist does not take it for granted . |
| 8 | A reminder that he should not take it for granted that he would in time succeed to England , Normandy and Anjou ? |
| 9 | Do not take it for granted that Accounts will be paying up the way you want or that suppliers will stay with you if they do n't get paid on time . |
| 10 | So you can not take it for granted . |
| 11 | For that reason we should take extra care that we do not take it for granted or abuse it . ’ |
| 12 | Davis is not taking it for granted . |
| 13 | We want Annabelle and Steven to enjoy the things we never had , not to take them for granted , but to appreciate how lucky they are to be able to celebrate like this surrounded by their families and friends . |
| 14 | ‘ I warned you not to take me for granted , Kathleen . |
| 15 | She was very careful after that not to take him for granted , even occasionally making excuses to refuse his sporadic invitations , although it tore her to shreds not to be with him at every opportunity . |
| 16 | Macmillan — worried by the age gap between himself and the young president — was careful not to take anything for granted . |
| 17 | Just as she did n't take him for granted , she made sure he could n't take her for granted either . |
| 18 | Just as she did n't take him for granted , she made sure he could n't take her for granted either . |
| 19 | Certainly when I was setting up my studio in the country , the nice thing was that we did n't do anything standard ; we did n't take anything for granted , whether it was mics , positions of drums or anything . |
| 20 | We did n't take anything for granted . |
| 21 | And if you work on that presumption , and I 'm not suggesting you creep around frightened of your own shadow going at a slow speed , just wor working with deliberation and making sure you move through the situation competently , but do n't take anything for granted . |
| 22 | I really think that as women we have to draw out all the holy cows and do n't take anything for granted and begin to question everything . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll have to keep them open tonight ; we 're expected to win but we ca n't take anything for granted in World Cup football . ’ |
| 24 | On checking further with the European Union , I do n't take anything for granted , not even what MPs say , er , it turned out that it was n't a directive and that the Government had freedom of choice , whether it imposes it or not . |
| 25 | Do n't take it for granted that they 'll be OK . |
| 26 | Emily willed her daughter to show the right amount of gratitude , she prayed that the girl would n't take it for granted . |
| 27 | If I gave them an order to couple up a full line of maybe ten coaches , I would n't take it for granted that they 'd done it , I 'd walk up the coach , one walk up one side , down the other side and I would n't If there were a heating valve not open , if they forgot that you see , I would n't do it for them , I would go back and I 'd say , that S K third from the back end , the heating valve is not pulled down , you 've missed it , you 'd better When you 're up that way , just pull it down you see . |
| 28 | Do n't take it for granted it 's it stuff . |