Example sentences of "taken it [prep] [pron] [verb] [art] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 've taken it upon myself to assure the count that you 're almost perfect . |
| 4 | A French lady in an adjoining room who understood some English had become greatly alarmed and taken it upon herself to summon the police . |
| 5 | 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 . |