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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'had itself' is correct and usable in written English.
It usually functions as an intensifier or emphasizes an action that was done or an attribute that belongs to something. Example: He didn't need anyone's help; he had itself painted the house in record time.
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It also had itself to blame.
Resistance had itself became a commodity.
Apparently Expedia had itself cancelled the fourth one.
The indie world had itself a new dark lady.
The program, however, had itself become starved — of money.
Rather, the American government had itself created the compulsion under which it labored in Vietnam.
Mutual recrimination broke out between the Americans and the Iraqi Governing Council it had itself appointed.
Holder authorized Durham to determine whether the agency's abuse of detainees had itself violated laws.
Dr. Jain said the testing of every patient had itself reinforced that cultural shift.
They came from Pannonia (modern western Hungary), which had itself been a Roman province.
THE Deutsch advertising agency has taken on the toughest client it has ever had - itself.
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