Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up the post " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rule also affected Henry Cotton , who took up the post at Royal Waterloo , Belgium , in 1933 and thus missed two Ryder Cup matches when he was at the peak of his powers . |
| 2 | Ouseley , who took up the post last week , was Britain 's first black local authority chief executive , appointed in Lambeth three years ago . |
| 3 | Meetings between the military commanders of all three factions in Bosnia at Sarajevo airport on Oct. 23 and Oct. 26 , chaired by the new UNPROFOR commander Philippe Morillon ( who took up the post on Sept. 30 ) , failed to halt the fighting . |
| 4 | Horsley cheerfully admitted when he took up the post of Chair that he knew nothing about newspapers . |
| 5 | Having trained as a photo-process engraver , he took up the post of demonstrator in a firm in Gothenburg , Sweden , in 1907 . |
| 6 | However , in 1855 he took up the post of professor of drawing at King 's College , London , which he combined with book illustration . |
| 7 | Returning to England , he took up the post of sub-warden of Toynbee Hall , the universities ' settlement in the East End of London , 1920–9 , serving also as a co-opted member of the London County Council education committee , 1925–31 . |
| 8 | In January 1869 , on the strength of his published work and Ritschl 's glowing reference , he was offered the chair despite his youth and lack of the usually mandatory doctorate and " habilitation " ; he took up the post in April 1869 . |
| 9 | In July , last year , he took up the post of environmental adviser . |