Example sentences of "took up [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least 20 officers in personnel carriers and patrol cars took up position outside the old Billingsgate fish market , just yards from the Baltic Exchange , where three people died in the IRA bomb blast in April . |
| 2 | The dog curled a lip at me but made no sound , then took up position in the front room doorway . |
| 3 | In the summer , strawberry sellers usually took up position around the Crimean Cannon at the side of the Council House and they had to dispose of all their perishable wares before returning home . |
| 4 | The dragons were released whereon the red dragon killed the white and eventually took up residence on the Welsh flag . |
| 5 | Dr Ottokar Proctor , ‘ The Tasmanian Devil , ’ today took up residence in the high-security wing of this semi-private mental hospital . |
| 6 | ‘ The Myrcans , when they were first created out of Dwarf-hewn and Giant-riven stone , took up residence in the broad Dale of Glen-arric , and in time that place became known as Merkadale , as it still is called today . |
| 7 | The ‘ naked ’ crab moved about 60 cm ( 2 ft ) away while the first crab nipped out of its damaged shell and took up residence in the new one . |
| 8 | It had rained for a fortnight when he , his wife and two children took up residence in the 12 room Ben Alder Lodge . |