Example sentences of "have taken it [prep] [pn reflx] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donald , who describes himself as a Friend of the Earth , does not himself hold a driving licence , but has taken it upon himself to publish a list of prominent men and women who have had the misfortune to be caught driving over the limit a judge , a chief superintendent , various footballers , actors , television personalities — in what he chooses to call his Hall of Shame : It is the number of celebrities we have discovered that is so shocking . |
| 2 | Also , the local MP has taken it upon himself to look personally into what goes on in this prison . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ When I tackled Didi about it she admitted that she 'd taken it upon herself to bribe one of the hotel chambermaids , a girl she knew , to do both . |
| 4 | That a mere colonel in the White House would have taken it upon himself to engage in such duplicitous and totally illegal operations without the president 's knowledge and authority is quite impossible to believe . |
| 5 | I 've taken it upon myself to assure the count that you 're almost perfect . |
| 6 | Zoser , as rigid as Andrus and far less intelligent , had taken it upon himself to put right the wrong which had been done to his friend and his church . |
| 7 | The only reason Naylor had removed that hat was that he had ordered her to do it and , unused to not being obeyed , had taken it upon himself to remove it personally — no argument . |
| 8 | In essence , the obsessive Clare Leash had taken it upon herself to make a full account of the volumes in the Society 's possession , and had suffered a stroke while doing so . |
| 9 | Hilary told the teachers she had taken it upon herself to send flowers to Molly on behalf of the Teachers . |
| 10 | Not for the first time , hospital doctors have taken it on themselves to audit general practice activity rather than their own to support their viewpoint . |
| 11 | Such arguments may seem trivial when bodies as thoughtful as the Church of England have taken it upon themselves to ponder the issue of the use of nuclear weapons ; but the bomb has not gone off and when it has receded into the background we will be left with the demand for electricity . |
| 12 | I have taken it upon myself to enter into a challenge , which — at first hearing — may seem a quite impossible challenge . |