Example sentences of "take [pers pn] upon " in BNC.
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1 | He did n't dare take it upon himself to enlighten her further . |
2 | But do you know who 's following on from cos I 'd take it upon myself |
3 | I will take it upon myself , in terms of alerting the press as to what er how I would project er my view . |
4 | If you will be good enough to furnish me with the necessary linen , I will take it upon myself to make Lady Merchiston a degree more comfortable . ’ |
5 | ‘ Mr Beckenham , since I am in some sort indebted to you , I will , if you please , refrain from making you any answer , for I can not take it upon myself to do so without speaking to you in a manner which must sound both insolent and ungrateful ! ’ |
6 | In fact I suspect on June the ninth even the wipe out of the Conservative party in the European elections may make even those members that side think that in order to say their own skins in the future they will actually have to start to think about a fairer electoral system and indeed there will be a unified system on the way forced by Europe on this house if we do not take it upon ourselves to do so and it will be our own fault that we 've shirked our responsibilities in my view to actually take it on board . |
7 | That you do n't take it upon yourself to plead my case or to point an accusing finger at Sandra . ’ |