Example sentences of "[pers pn] take up [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Simply the sense of physical disgust which filled me whenever I took up a brush and dipped it in paint . |
2 | Every room in the house contained some form of Bible and I took up a large ancient looking one and opened it as if it had been a door into a cave . |
3 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
4 | ‘ I took up a new hold at 500 feet over the pilot and was pleased to see the dinghy on the water , fully inflated , between the helicopter and the pilot — and upwind of him ! |
5 | I arrived at the shooting school well before the start , wearing a mackintosh , and with my umbrella up , I took up a position to watch . |
6 | Here I took up a position with the grand title of ‘ Consultant ’ . |
7 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
8 | I took up a lot of my daffs and started , erm erm I never take them up every year |
9 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
10 | I often used to read it when we were in action and , believe it or not , every time I took up the book it opened at page 92 , although I have never deliberately read that page , as far as I can remember — so I took the hint and wrote … ’ |
11 | I was carried ignominiously between two colleagues back to the car and greeted my wife with the sheepish grin she had been dreading ever since I took up the sport . |
12 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
13 | ‘ I took up the cups of coffee , five cups , and they give me only four straws , not five , ’ he explained carefully . |
14 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
15 | Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure . |
16 | I got on well , and at the age of seven , I took up the violin . |
17 | ‘ This was where I took up the running , ’ Robert said . |
18 | I took up the tin-whistle in earnest |
19 | ‘ I took up the sport six years ago when my local team , the Darlington Dawdlers , were short of a fourth rider . |
20 | I took up the tin with the matches in it and lit the candles ; they burned yellowly and I knelt , clenching my fists and thinking . |
21 | I took up the axe . |
22 | So I take up a book and try to read . |
23 | I take up a rifle and being that I am a crack shot , I win something to hang on a car mirror . |
24 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
25 | Why wo n't she take up the offer of just a fortnight 's short-stay ? |
26 | It helps you take up a positive attitude if you are aware that others have recognized that age discrimination exists and is unfair . |
27 | Why do n't you take up the offer ? |
28 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
29 | Our link up with adidas has certainly provided a boost to membership , with many of you taking up the option to join and receive a free headband or wristband for their trouble . |
30 | Mona was quiet , hardworking and extremely stubborn , anxious to be agreeable ; but once she took up a position — or got caught in one — she was obstinately immovable and this had often brought her into conflict with Moran . |