Example sentences of "he take up [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took up a pen and began to write quickly . |
| 2 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 3 | He took up a fork and prodded at a dish of small silvery fish marinated in olive oil , garlic and wine vinegar . |
| 4 | He took up the poker and turned over a log carefully . |
| 5 | Well daddy 's one day and he up this big flagstone and it was er topping off a grave and did n't ken what to do so he just put the flagstone back and kept on and the next time he went to he and he it up again and he took up the skull and . |
| 6 | He took up the file and studied the plain white paper envelope the letter had been posted in . |
| 7 | The following day it was revealed that Bering had chipped a bone in a knee during the race , but such was the power of his acceleration as he took up the running that he could hardly have been affected until the very final stages . |
| 8 | , meaning that although he was fully dressed and armed , he took up the challenge and led the way . |