Example sentences of "[verb] take up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | American naive paintings , she herself had never considered taking up painting until shortly after she moved to England in 1955 to get married . |
| 2 | IN THE wake of his suspension , French prop GREGOIRE LASCUBE has taken up refereeing in the hope that his six months ' ban will be reduced . |
| 3 | Increased nuclear power production has taken up part of the electricity generation market lost by oil but the expansion of nuclear power has been far less significant than was planned for and predicted throughout the 1970s . |
| 4 | My father has been buying Margaret a designer wardrobe and escorting her to all the best restaurants and clubs and Suzie has taken up surf-boarding . |
| 5 | One of them has taken up residence in a hut in Roche 's garden . |
| 6 | For the Christian who is living in the shadow of Advent , this life is no longer a ‘ cul-de-sac ’ but a road of hope , because God has taken up residence here . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A huge illuminated whale has taken up residence just off Piccadilly — ’ Moby Dick ’ is in town . |
| 9 | The shoal has taken up residence in one particular area of the canal and are congregating in a 6ft deep hole a yard from the far bank reed bed at Plex Lane . |
| 10 | You will not be permitted to take up employment in order to help support yourself . |
| 11 | You do not necessarily need to take up space by publishing them with the competition but they must be readily available on request . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't know you 'd taken up cookery ! |
| 13 | They said in the shop that the men who did it had been pretending to take up paving stones — nobody thought anything because it looked as if they were from the Council . ’ |
| 14 | His hobby is walking and he plans to take up bike riding . |
| 15 | There were some cottage industries which came to take up part of the " space " left by factory spinning , such as straw-hat making and lace making , but they were more localised and tended even by the standards of hand spinning to be low-paid . |
| 16 | The energy and enthusiasm black youth have for certain sports and the disproportionately high number wanting to take up sport as a career provides at least the initial indication that they see in successful black sportsmen models for themselves . |
| 17 | She felt that she would like to take up life drawing . |
| 18 | Perhaps you would like to take up worm charming , or at least worm watching . |
| 19 | As a medical student at Newcastle University in the 1950s Neubauer was inspired to take up psychiatry by Prof Martin Roth . |
| 20 | Still popular , and made in new materials with plastic or nylon sail , the Peter Powell kite has introduced millions to the sight of its long tube tails following the looping flight pattern , and still , after over 15 years of its production when all else around has seen so much change , is a firm recommendation for anyone wishing to take up stunt flying for the first time . |
| 21 | He wondered whether he should have taken up farming instead of cooking . |
| 22 | Secretary Meretta Griffiths said : ‘ With so much work having gone into preparing the 50th anniversary show and with many exhibitors having taken up position we decided that the show should go on . ’ |
| 23 | but they , they wo n't , they took two days off last week and they sat indoors for two days , they 've got a love , you know there fantastic couple , really fantastic , they 'll do anything for you , but it 's like Dave , Dave 's always saying take up golf , go swimming |
| 24 | After taking the Bar examination you may obtain employment in the legal department of a commercial firm under the aegis of an employed barrister as a ‘ commercial pupil , ’ and this will give you three months ' exemption from pupillage if you afterwards decide to take up practice at the Bar . |
| 25 | As a student at Cambridge he played squash for the University and three years ago he was set to take up stock car racing . |
| 26 | And you decided to take up floristry because you saw a course advertised in a magazine ? ’ |
| 27 | On the death of his father in 1853 he decided to take up medicine , and became a student at the London Hospital ( MRCS and LSA , 1856 ) , where he won many prizes . |
| 28 | the trends , compared to the previous study , in the rates of migration out of the Province of highly qualified students ; What sorts of students decide not to return to Northern Ireland , electing to take up employment elsewhere ? |
| 29 | They may be worth considering if you live in a high-rise flat , or have infrequent refuse collection , but they do take up space . |
| 30 | Mhoira Robertson did take up golf , which became her favourite pastime , and eventually the promotions came , first as Director of studies and Chief Inspector at Tulliallan Police College and finally in 1987 as Superintendent within the Lothians and Borders force . |