Example sentences of "[noun] took up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only disturbance to its surface happened in the nineteenth century when the architect Gilbert Scott took up the edges in order to install a heating system . |
| 2 | Using their favoured analogy in which the complexities of a nation-state were reduced to the simplicities of a corner shop balance sheet , the newly appointed boss of the Institute took up the cudgels again in February 1990 . |
| 3 | A native singing ceremony had been performed to clear bad spirits away before the Australians took up the positions . |
| 4 | The " Hallelujah lasses " had been used to raising their own voices in protest and employing some fairly dramatic methods to attract attention from the time Catherine Booth took up the cudgels on behalf of women in the early days of the movement . |
| 5 | Herbert Read in his book Education through Art took up the categories of types put forward by Jung . |
| 6 | Once he came out of the Navy , Charles became a little more involved , but it was not really until the end of the decade , after Mountbatten 's death , when he was looking for a real job to do , that Charles took up the reins himself . |
| 7 | Paul took up the drums , Steve sang and Wally became a guitarist , not a bad one either , very much in the Ron Wood school . |
| 8 | He died in 1876 at the age of 93 , and his son John took up the duties . |