what do you take me for?
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The look on her face says what do you take me for?
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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Of course," said Herbert rather testily; "what do you take me for?
From Queensland Cousins by Haverfield, Eleanor Luisa
Blabbed! ha, ha, ha! what do you take me for?
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
"The devil! what do you take me for?" cried the visitor, haughtily.
From A Cardinal Sin by Sue, Eugène
Why what do you take me for, good reader?—what can I possibly want with that?—I, who am about to knock over two roebucks and three wolves?
From Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches by Jesse, William
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