Example sentences of "[conj] took up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An accident , in the sense that it could have been the ancestors of lions that took up grass-eating , and the ancestors of antelopes that took up meat-eating . |
| 2 | by no means all of the large reptiles that are found in the Mesozoic rocks are dinosaurs — the reptile groups that took up life in the sea or the air were only distantly related . |
| 3 | An accident , in the sense that it could have been the ancestors of lions that took up grass-eating , and the ancestors of antelopes that took up meat-eating . |
| 4 | The material used was cheap , readily available — very often with attractive photographs or other illustrated matter — and took up space unfilled by the papers ' own journalists . |
| 5 | A detachment of Cromwell 's troops guarding the bridge at nearby Bewdley came to Kidderminster to cut off their retreat and took up position in the square . |
| 6 | Policemen , armed , filed out of the building and took up position . |
| 7 | The troops gathered the Croats in the Franciscan monastery on Tuesday after Muslims overran the area and took up position on all sides . |
| 8 | Asa banked and went down , the Yak followed , turning in a half circle , and took up station again . |
| 9 | I was in the lower sixth , taking Maths , English General , and Biology , so I dropped the Biology and took up English with a tutor . |
| 10 | He built a fortune in the construction industry and then moved to Highfields Stables in the village of Adstone just north of Banbury and took up training . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | For while she returned her kingdom to full doctrinal and liturgical conformity with Rome , many English Protestant exiles fled their homeland and took up residence in Strasbourg , Zurich , Emden , Frankfurt , and Geneva , where they gained first-hand experience of the Zwinglian and Calvinist forms of Protestantism , and became fully immersed in the Calvinist theology of grace and salvation . |
| 13 | Social ostracism followed outbursts of silliness , hubby drank a lot , did n't hit her often but did bad-mouth her excessively , and took up fishing ; went away for weekends with male friends she 'd never heard of , Claimed to be tackling rivers but kept bringing home filleted sea fish on the Sunday night , and was always suspiciously careful to empty his pockets when he gave her his clothes to wash . |
| 14 | She prayed , and took up vegetarianism , more as an extra religion than as part of the war effort ; after a while she made herself go back to the hospital , and eventually she found Higher Mathematics . |
| 15 | He trained as an engraver but took up work with deaf people and became their missioner in Paisley , Scotland . |