Sentence examples for a taking for from inspiring English sources

A lawyer representing hundreds of owners of residential building lots at Lake Tahoe ran into resistance to his argument that a three-year building moratorium imposed by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency amounted to a "taking" for which the owners were constitutionally entitled to compensation.

This second fact is also a taken for granted reality that cannot be proven.

A photo taken for Alexandria's mass protest.

That's a lot to take for a volunteer job.

That is a lot to take for a young man".

Select a dog to take for a walk.

The man taking us for a ride may have been taken for a ride.

Take, for an example, a homeless shelter.

Innocent investors got taken for a ride.

We were taken for a ride.

I was taken for a ride.