Example sentences of "taken it [prep] [pron] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But just now it works for all of us that these Pessarane Behesht have taken it into their heads to seize the woman and child . ’ |
| 2 | She made a lot of conventional noises , of course ; she had to because you ca n't have Rose and Grace getting any sillier than they are already and they might have taken it into their heads to copy you , but I could see she thought you had real spirit . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Harriet — Miss Jarman — has taken it into her head to pursue this matter against the Captain . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A subject of the Emperor appears to have taken it into his head to visit our city . |
| 7 | Is there any reason to suppose her otherwise , or has anybody taken it into his head to try her ? |
| 8 | 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 . |