Example sentences of "[noun sg] and took up the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness .
2 Paul Owen has was appointed Director of the BCU and took up the post on February 17th .
3 Mr Maxmilian Frizzell had never read a book since leaving school and did not know who Lawrence was , so he put down the newspaper and took up the Car Dealer and Garageman with what dignity he could muster .
4 Carey checked it , then dragged back on the rod and took up the slack , working that way for five minutes or so before he beached the fish .
5 She settled herself beside him at the bench and took up the satin slippers she was decorating for Meg .
6 They cleared the stream in one lithe bound and took up the chase .
7 Rachel rose from the bed and took up the tray from the bed-side table .
8 ’ And as he and Kraal continued to talk old Minch quietly dropped down to her shelter and took up the food there , listening to their few memories of the world outside .
9 Those who rejected the conventional view and took up the cause of Czechoslovakian children were largely outside the mainstream of refugee aid .
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