Example sentences of "to [noun] to take up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Duncan , at six feet eight inches , has a devastating service , and is now off to Texas to take up a tennis scholarship .
2 In 1873 he returned to England to take up the post of electrician to the Highton Battery Company , and in 1877 set up the first experimental overhead telephone line in England , only two years after the invention of the telephone in the United States by Alexander Graham Bell [ q.v . ] .
3 She was going home to England to take up the threads of her life and forget Alain and her time in France .
4 In a similar vein one may recall the refusal of Taskopruzade 's grandfather to return to Istanbul to take up an appointment at the newly built Sahn for fear of becoming involved in distracting ambitions for personal glory .
5 In 1985 Jones moved back to Provo to take up an appointment in the physics department at his Alma Mater , BYU .
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