Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] took up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The writer Jean-Philippe Domecq took up the theme , maintaining that as many as 95% of contemporary works are no more than boring illustrations of even more boring theoretical points . |
| 2 | Dr Mann took up the post of organist and choir master at Beverley at a time when the music at the Minster was at a fairly low ebb . |
| 3 | At the start North Down man Ian Lyle shadowed Rowan but after two miles he lost contact and Albertville 's Paddy Branagh took up the pursuit , moving to within 30 metres of Rowan . |
| 4 | Mr Robinson took up the case for a majority of the Castlereagh firemen who left the Fire Service because they were not prepared to uproot their families and move to Carryduff . |
| 5 | Sir Roy Griffiths took up the idea , under a different name , in 1988 in specifying that ‘ no person should be discharged without a clear package of care devised and without being the responsibility of a named care worker . ’ |
| 6 | Fogarty was left to move further and further ahead as Joey Dunlop took up the challenge , then Robert Dunlop made up ground rapidly after being seventh at the end of lap one , and by the end of the second lap it was Joey ahead of Robert to initiate a battle which continued until the end of the race when Robert just squeezed ahead . |
| 7 | Beverly Anderson took up the theme of new media . |
| 8 | Former EC trade commissioner Sir Leon Brittan took up the issue and he ordered repayment in July , 1990 . |
| 9 | Four years after her accident Dawn took up the javelin , shot and discus . |
| 10 | When , in the Republican Party 's presidential primaries , Patrick Buchanan took up the endowment as a weapon to wield against George Bush , Mr Frohnmayer 's stay was over . |
| 11 | The only disturbance to its surface happened in the nineteenth century when the architect Gilbert Scott took up the edges in order to install a heating system . |
| 12 | The " Hallelujah lasses " had been used to raising their own voices in protest and employing some fairly dramatic methods to attract attention from the time Catherine Booth took up the cudgels on behalf of women in the early days of the movement . |
| 13 | " The Session find that there is no suitable person to undertake the duties of precentor , and that they are now in the same position as they were two years ago , when Mrs McIver took up the work . |
| 14 | What happened after that was that divisional FA representative Arthur Clark took up the case and more sedentary media throughout Britain puffed to catch up with the Backtrack exclusive . |
| 15 | Mike Cooke took up the sport two and a half years ago . |
| 16 | ‘ Comes round wavin' his byelaws at us ’ her Cousin Jake took up the story . |
| 17 | Professor Juliet Cheetham took up the Directorship in January , 1986 . |
| 18 | He died in 1876 at the age of 93 , and his son John took up the duties . |
| 19 | Sounds man Dave McCullouch took up The Smiths case . |