Example sentences of "[verb] take it [prep] himself [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 | He did n't dare take it upon himself to enlighten her further . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |