Example sentences of "he [verb] up the post [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Chris Hani , chief of staff of MK , was not allocated a portfolio , pending a request by the SACP to release him to take up the post of deputy SACP general secretary full-time . |
2 | Horsley cheerfully admitted when he took up the post of Chair that he knew nothing about newspapers . |
3 | Having trained as a photo-process engraver , he took up the post of demonstrator in a firm in Gothenburg , Sweden , in 1907 . |
4 | However , in 1855 he took up the post of professor of drawing at King 's College , London , which he combined with book illustration . |
5 | Returning to England , he took up the post of sub-warden of Toynbee Hall , the universities ' settlement in the East End of London , 1920–9 , serving also as a co-opted member of the London County Council education committee , 1925–31 . |
6 | In July , last year , he took up the post of environmental adviser . |
7 | In January 1869 , on the strength of his published work and Ritschl 's glowing reference , he was offered the chair despite his youth and lack of the usually mandatory doctorate and " habilitation " ; he took up the post in April 1869 . |