Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only problem was , and far be it for me to dampen any thrashing of another team , was that Wimbledon were allowed to play for a good bit in the second half and could have come back . |
| 2 | Instead of the usual stonings and demonstrations , a number of Arabs took it upon themselves to launch unprovoked knife attacks on Israeli civilians . |
| 3 | v. Perry , 1987 F.L.R. 237 the court had to consider circumstances which differed from those in the present case and in Coldunell Ltd. v. Gallon in that a responsible official of the creditor bank took it upon himself to discharge any duty that might exist in the circumstances by personally dealing with the wife when she executed the documents under attack . |
| 4 | Elinor , who usually took it upon herself to criticize all aspects of her daughter 's behaviour , was into her third sherry . |
| 5 | we can carry on with this next week , as , as you see , we 've touched on a big topic , so we 'll , we 'll leave it to you to introduce next week 's discussion , whatever way you think fit , erm , that raises other issues which you want to talk about . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't take it on you to use that tone to your mother ! |
| 8 | I enrolled for ‘ Art for Beginners ’ and later went down to the centre where the tutor had obtained a model for us from whom to do quick sketches — so I was in at the deep end . |