Sentence examples for trying to take for from inspiring English sources
Fighters from several battalions, including the jihadist groups Al Nusra Front and the Ahrar al-Sham battalion, said they had overrun the Taftanaz air base, which rebels had been trying to take for months, as soldiers fled and were captured, according to antigovernment activists and videos identified as having been shot at the scene.
American officials reckon some 1,000 fighters were killed in just the battle for Kobane, a Kurdish town on the Syrian-Turkish border that IS tried to take for months without quite managing it.
For example, if someone is trying to take credit for your idea / steal your client / take your commission, it's much better to call them out immediately.
We built and paid for it -- now PNM is trying to take credit for it," says Mayor Coss.
"You're trying to take credit for one of mine".
House Republicans are trying to take credit for the economic recovery.
She never understood the danger in trying to take credit for things in the finance world".
He wasn't trying to take credit for the score's distinctiveness.
The president is trying to take credit for following the strategy and the tactics put into place by George W. Bush.
Be proud of what you've actually achieved, and quit trying to take credit for things you haven't.
Mr. Cheney also said the Obama administration was wrongly trying to take credit for any progress in Iraq.
