Example sentences of "[to-vb] up a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , it 's for the dictionary project , we 're doing a , erm we 're trying to build up a database at the moment of transcribed spoken language . |
| 2 | Together they barely had time to take up a position at the far door , seize a loaded gun , drop to one knee , and aim as , with a final heave , the bulging mass of bodies exploded into the room , followed by the living . |
| 3 | A bitter personal feud had developed there between the two eminent classics professors , Otto Jahn ( like Nietzsche from Pforta ) and Friedrich Ritschl ; and in 1865 Ritschl left , followed by some of his students , to take up a post at the University of Leipzig . |
| 4 | Craddock left to take up an appointment at the Wellcome Research Laboratories , and Ridley went to join the staff at Moorfields Eye Hospital . |
| 5 | A PARISH priest is leaving north Suffolk to take up an appointment at The Vatican . |
| 6 | 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 . |