Example sentences of "taken [adv prt] residence in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumour has it that he has taken up residence in the port of Leith , near enough to Edinburgh but , should matters go wrong , the best place for his departure by land or sea . |
| 2 | After the service was over , they broke their fast in the small whitewashed refectory before approaching the Prior who confirmed his speculation of the previous evening that the Lord Bruce and his entourage had taken up residence in the port of Leith . |
| 3 | This was the emotion he had tried to purge himself of by identifying with the snakes that had taken up residence in the ashes of his family 's land . |
| 4 | It made her feel a little dowdy , as though she had taken up residence in the suburbs of morality . |
| 5 | The article said the chairman of TV London had just taken up residence in the castle . |
| 6 | Already certain less-than-fashionable New Yorkers have taken up residence in the sewers and subway shafts . |