Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] take up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Ever the professional , he silently directed his men with hand signals , ensuring that they took up the correct positions . |
| 3 | And then of course erm would it be later that they took up the English miners ? |
| 4 | In 1908 the Standard was not printing photographs and , although it took up the art form in the 1920 's and it is a curiosity to learn that the first photograph it published to do with the Club was in fact of the Opening Match , but 50 years after the event . |
| 5 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
| 6 | I my money l last time and they took up the limit on my cash card . |
| 7 | Employees approach their manager to discuss the possibility of a break and if they take up the option they are kept in touch with progress via magazines , company literature etc . |
| 8 | In 1747 , Stukeley could stand Stamford no longer and he took up the living of St. George 's in Bloomsbury , London , thus ending his associations with the town . |
| 9 | Well daddy 's one day and he up this big flagstone and it was er topping off a grave and did n't ken what to do so he just put the flagstone back and kept on and the next time he went to he and he it up again and he took up the skull and . |
| 10 | The bottom end of the rope was fixed to the back of the van and it took up the slack and held the tree in tension to give the saw ease of movement . |
| 11 | Secrett has refused to comment on his plans until he takes up the post . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | From this , Mrs Lamport discovered she had misread one name and her researches into Mrs Piggott were scrapped while she took up the new challenge in the name of Mrs Pigou , a theatre-goer of French origin . |
| 14 | Since he took up the position in 1987 , closures of geriatric hospitals , partnership with the private sector , nurse regradings , NHS trusts and a review of maternity and acute services , which will cut over 1,000 hospital beds and possibly lead to a closure of a number of hospitals , are among the controversies which have raged . |
| 15 | The Elves of Nagarythe were numerous and well-versed in sorcery , being descendants of those grim Elves who had followed Aenarion after he took up the Sword of Khaine . |
| 16 | Shortly before he took up the study of genetics , the American biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan wrote a book , Evolution and Adaptation ( 1903 ) , arguing that evolution was governed solely by the production of saltations , and had nothing to do with adapting the species to its environment . |
| 17 | Invited to join the King , with his companions the Chancellor Colonel Sapt and his aide-de-camp Fritz von Tarlenheim , on the ruler 's last night of freedom before he takes up the burden of the Crown , Rassendyll is conveniently available to step in when the monarch collapses , drugged by wine presented by his jealous brother Black Michael . |
| 18 | Apply now for the protection of the Plan and we 'll send you a free First Aid Kit in a neat and practical case , when you take up the policy . |
| 19 | Sam Gamgee hits on the same thought when he takes up the ‘ Blondin' role of faithful minstrel in Minas Morgul , and sings ‘ words of his own ’ fitted to another old Shire tune : |
| 20 | Archbishop Romero , although thought to be a moderate when he took up the Archbishopric , proved himself to be a zealous proponent of Liberation Theology , broadcasting his masses , which included political messages , to the people throughout the country , by radio . |
| 21 | When he took up the game , there were no other young players around . |
| 22 | Dabbling with such challenging pastimes as mountaineering and long distance canoeing , Graham was in his early 50s when he took up the quadriathlon just as the sport was getting off the ground . |
| 23 | Horsley cheerfully admitted when he took up the post of Chair that he knew nothing about newspapers . |
| 24 | Secure in business and society — he was a Merchant Adventurer , Muscovy merchant , and MP at the time of his marriage — Smith abandoned a conventional career in commerce when he took up the collectorship of the subsidy on imports at the port of London in 1558 . |
| 25 | The following day it was revealed that Bering had chipped a bone in a knee during the race , but such was the power of his acceleration as he took up the running that he could hardly have been affected until the very final stages . |