Example sentences of "it upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last months of 1989 the people of Central and Eastern Europe take it upon themselves to address the future and make it a different place to be in . |
| 2 | The restorers ' single most valuable resource came in the form of life-size archive photographs of all the Gibbons ' carving at Hampton Court , and David Esterly is the first to admit his debt to the unnamed civil servant who in 1939 seeing war clouds gather , prudently took it upon himself to record the work for future generations . |
| 3 | He did n't dare take it upon himself to enlighten her further . |
| 4 | Sam took it upon herself to plaster the walls . |
| 5 | The Prince inherited it upon becoming Prince of Wales and will lose it if and when he becomes King . |
| 6 | She 'd taken it upon herself to be in charge of merchandising , so she was working and creating little David Bowie dolls and placemats and keychains and all that shit , but she was doing that all by herself . |
| 7 | I HAVE long been impressed by the number of careless references in the Scriptures to the faithful blithely taking it upon themselves to raise houses to the Lord . |
| 8 | At the same time the government took it upon itself to interpret ‘ Maximum Admissible Concentration ’ ( MAC ) as meaning an average over three months and not an absolute limit . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Ludens held her moist hot hand between his thin dry cool hands , nursing it upon his knee as if it were a wounded bird . |
| 11 | The local skaters take it upon themselves to remove some dangerous panelling designed to withstand loose board , however the local council see this as an act of vandalism and feeling are strong amongst some councillors to get rid of the ramp . |
| 12 | I decided to be helpful and , rather than bother anyone , I took it upon myself to move about 30 of the magazines to the Women 's Section . |
| 13 | Then , just when I had everything nicely rounded off what did this ungrateful creature of mine take it upon herself to do ? |
| 14 | Elinor , who usually took it upon herself to criticize all aspects of her daughter 's behaviour , was into her third sherry . |
| 15 | When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive . |
| 16 | I have taken it upon myself to enter into a challenge , which — at first hearing — may seem a quite impossible challenge . |
| 17 | Later , when his relationship with Churchill was particularly close , Brook , took it upon himself , on at least two occasions , to advise on which minister should hold what portfolio — his advice extending even to Sir Anthony Eden , the number-two man in the government . |
| 18 | I took it upon myself to suggest that two-tone bream are simply another variety of common bream ( not another breed ) just as black fish and bronze fish in the same water are varieties of the same species , and as mirror and leather carp are varieties of the same species . |
| 19 | I began it upon leaving Tintern , after crossing the Wye , and concluded it just as I was entering Bristol in the evening , after a ramble of four or five days , with my sister . |
| 20 | The young Canadian took it upon himself in too domineering a fashion to explain about their religion , but she was having none of it . |
| 21 | When he asked rhetorically , what ‘ services , can we render ? the real answer , he said , lies ‘ in your own circumstances , your vocation and your character ’ ; adding , significantly : ‘ Duty only binds those who discover it and impose it upon them selves ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ We feel this book was written because the times imposed it upon the authors . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He took it upon himself to promote the idea of having a noble building for an Institute in Glasgow , and in this he was ably supported by brothers James and Edwin Docharty , sons of a famous Scottish painter , and a number of other deaf people of exceptional ability . |
| 25 | Still , she had brought it upon herself , and must go through with it as cheerfully as possible . |
| 26 | So I took it upon myself to tell her , old nosey-parker that I am . |
| 27 | Staff at the medical centre at Heathrow airport once called in the Customs and Excise after discovering that two men admitted in a critical condition had brought it upon themselves after swallowing a total of forty-eight condoms filled with liquid cannabis . |
| 28 | Before George could answer , however , Bob Lamb took it upon himself to reply . |
| 29 | Despite his appearance , the erstwhile executioner treated the princes with a rough kindliness that set him apart from the other attendants — taking it upon himself to ensure that the food was to their liking and the fire well-tended . |
| 30 | They called it All-Heal and laid it upon their altars as an emblem of the advent of the Messiah . |