Example sentences of "[noun] take up [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David took up rowing at Portora and has won the Irish novice sculling and intermediate fours championships with BRC . |
| 2 | Priest to take up post at Vatican |
| 3 | In 1656 , Colonel John Washington left England to take up land in Virginia which later became Mount Vernon . |
| 4 | Gill took up volleyball at school and returned to the sport three years ago . |
| 5 | The Unit is sponsored by the Scottish Home and Health Department , the Scottish Health Education Group and the Economic and Social Research Council and commenced operation when the Director took up post in September 1983 . |
| 6 | On a voyage to Kuwait , perhaps to Ahmadi or Khafji , the drill was to pass the Strait of Hormuz in darkness , travelling straight across to Dubai , anchor for the following day and then set off in the evening to take up position off Das Island . |
| 7 | In June 1937 Reagan took up residence in Hollywood and quickly established himself as a promising film actor , performing in eight films in his first eleven months and going on to make more than fifty films altogether . |
| 8 | As well as entering professional art practice , students from the course take up work in education , publishing , arts administration , community arts , entertainment , the media , and business , and placements can be arranged in these areas . |
| 9 | Employers can receive assistance with work permits for non EC Citizens taking up employment in Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | In Europe , it used to be believed that devils took up residence inside pigs by entering through a tiny hole in the forefoot . |
| 11 | Flush with corvine visiting cards , Rolfe took up residence in Christchurch , before the fraudulent offer he made for his hosts ' house marked the end of his credit and credibility in Hampshire . |