Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] taken up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well yes , because in the schools now they 've started erm some of the schools have taken up celebration , Divali which is coming up in November and erm they celebrate some of the other festivals as well . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Out of the former PNI , Sukarno had taken up partindo , and within one year its membership soared to 20000 . |
| 4 | The first group had taken up position in all the key intersections so that they could control anyone who attempted to pass . |
| 5 | ( Martin had taken up residence there by 1667 , following his marriage , and Jean by 1668 , the year his eldest son died ( Arch . |
| 6 | My television harangued me to buy endless varieties of insecticide and creature-killer , whereas in Bali it is taboo to move into a new home before the geckos and house-spiders have taken up residence first . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A huge illuminated whale has taken up residence just off Piccadilly — ’ Moby Dick ’ is in town . |
| 9 | Seven or eight thousand figures had taken up position kneeling on prayer carpets , so that as you walked in through the great red-stone gate you were confronted by rank upon rank of white-clad backs topped with brightly coloured turbans or embroidered mosque-caps . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Jay had taken up situationist sculpture , and eased herself half upright to look at yesterday evening 's achievement . |
| 13 | Since 1983 , over 3 million young people have taken up Youth Training places . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | After the service was over , they broke their fast in the small whitewashed refectory before approaching the Prior who confirmed his speculation of the previous evening that the Lord Bruce and his entourage had taken up residence in the port of Leith . |
| 16 | In the eighteen months since Mrs Thatcher had taken up employment at Dickins and Jones , the mood of the Party had perceptibly changed for the better , the great bulk of the membership having transferred its loyalty smoothly from the old Leader to the new . |
| 17 | Others with more initiative from the administrative ranks had taken up farming . |
| 18 | Meanwhile the Elector Carl Theodor had taken up residence in Munich , and had invited the members of his court to join him there ( though they could stay on at Mannheim and retain their salaries if they wished ) . |
| 19 | Already certain less-than-fashionable New Yorkers have taken up residence in the sewers and subway shafts . |
| 20 | 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 . |