Example sentences of "and take it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gulliver 's Travels went back to telling fantastic tales , but Swift wrote the book in the same realistic style as Defoe , and took it for granted that his readers would find it quite natural that at the ends of the earth men were just the same as in England — petty , trivial , grasping , and generally unpleasant . |
| 2 | This was a sensible policy which would bring stability to Britain , and took it for granted that stability would mean that relations with the colonies would remain unchanged . |
| 3 | Anyone who became Nawab expected to be rich , and took it for granted that he should reward those who had helped him to the throne . |
| 4 | The young man , whose name was Merbury , was eager and inexperienced , and took it for granted , as an honest man well might , that his story of complete and shattering victory , of the capture of so many of the active nobility of Scotland , and of a bright lustre added to the name of Percy and of England could not fail to be pleasing to his sovereign . |
| 5 | It 's a modern affliction to look at an aircraft , something that has yet to reach its 100th birthday in our history , and take it for granted . |
| 6 | And everybody was aware that this was the norm , and so you accept it and take it for granted . |
| 7 | No , not by any means , but of course , when the weather is right , people just accept it and take it for granted . |