Example sentences of "[pers pn] took up the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure . |
| 2 | From this , Mrs Lamport discovered she had misread one name and her researches into Mrs Piggott were scrapped while she took up the new challenge in the name of Mrs Pigou , a theatre-goer of French origin . |
| 3 | She took up the beautiful veil you bought me , put it on her own head , then turned to admire herself in the mirror . |
| 4 | Then she took up the discarded tray and looked back at him where he stood now , leaning against the wall between the French windows , his silver flask of brandy open as he sipped defiantly , watching her with a black scowl on his face . |
| 5 | In their progress they took up the whole width of the footpath . |
| 6 | He took up the remote controller and did the ever-popular ‘ Channel Hop ’ . |
| 7 | They walked round all day with their heads slumped between their shoulders like this ’ — he took up the appropriate attitude — ‘ instead of like this , as the British do . ’ |
| 8 | He took up the daily routine of his swim again , and one afternoon when he was in the sea there was a visit to the bungalow by Timothy Gedge . |
| 9 | It was located on Ocean Drive , between C and D ; it took up the entire block . |