Example sentences of "taken [pers pn] into his " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've both been brought up in Ireland and the Bishop has taken them into his household . ’ |
| 2 | But he had shown her the way out of her panic and con fusion : taken her into his world where things were bright , ordered , clear-cut , and easy to control . |
| 3 | She seemed irritated that he had not taken her into his confidence by using Akhenaten 's real name . |
| 4 | Three out of four of these accidents fix on the properties of individual men as decisive variables directing the course of events : had Churchill been a less charismatic politician Britain might have given up her fight against Germany ; had Franco permitted an assault on Gibraltar it would probably have fallen ; and if Mussolini had not ‘ taken it into his head ’ to invade Greece , Hitler would have moved into Russia . |
| 5 | Is there any reason to suppose her otherwise , or has anybody taken it into his head to try her ? |
| 6 | But he 'd been in his prime then , a match for any King Lud who 'd taken it into his weak head to break into the Dallam weaving sheds , in the dead of night , and start smashing his machines to bits . |
| 7 | A subject of the Emperor appears to have taken it into his head to visit our city . |
| 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 . |