Example sentences of "taken [pron] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did , and when he eventually learned that the child 's mother had committed suicide and that out of compassion the rag woman had taken her into her house to save her being put in the workhouse or farmed out , again they both agreed that the rag woman had worthy motives . |
| 2 | Ropes were then put on to keep it there but these alone certainly could not have restrained a 5-ton ( 5.08 tonnes ) elephant if it had taken it into its head to dismount during the journey . |
| 3 | ‘ Harriet — Miss Jarman — has taken it into her head to pursue this matter against the Captain . |
| 4 | She had taken it into her head to befriend the new lass whom she considered to be a cut above the rest — which is to say , she did n't curse or spit . |
| 5 | A subject of the Emperor appears to have taken it into his head to visit our city . |
| 6 | Is there any reason to suppose her otherwise , or has anybody taken it into his head to try her ? |
| 7 | Somehow , though , Leith 's sensitivity picked up a strained atmosphere as she pulled her glance back from the stocky man who had taken it into his head to start walking over . |