Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Here I took up a position with the grand title of ‘ Consultant ’ . |
| 4 | Simply the sense of physical disgust which filled me whenever I took up a brush and dipped it in paint . |
| 5 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 6 | I took up a lot of my daffs and started , erm erm I never take them up every year |
| 7 | ‘ I took up the cups of coffee , five cups , and they give me only four straws , not five , ’ he explained carefully . |
| 8 | I took up the tin-whistle in earnest |
| 9 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I took up the sport six years ago when my local team , the Darlington Dawdlers , were short of a fourth rider . |
| 12 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 13 | ‘ This was where I took up the running , ’ Robert said . |
| 14 | I took up the axe . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I got on well , and at the age of seven , I took up the violin . |
| 17 | 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 … ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | While my mother attempted to sort out our family finances — no easy matter with the capital , La Paz , virtually divorced from all communication — I took on a job of work for Porua . |
| 20 | I took on the management for Scullion and it was not an enjoyable experience . |
| 21 | But , now that , I mean I 'm in the second year of being a student , and I took on the position of women 's officer for the we , for the west of Scotland area |
| 22 | But I took on the idea of transcendence only at a personal level . |
| 23 | I was n't much more than your age when I took on the farm myself . |
| 24 | He wanted someone to help him with his horses , so I took on the job . |
| 25 | Today I took on the world No 1 , and that 's not easy , and beat him from the back of the court . |
| 26 | ‘ I took over a part in A Midsummer Night 's Dream . ’ |
| 27 | I told you in another part of this saga of mine that I took over a Night in No 7 Squadron from a Flight Commander . |
| 28 | I got myself a couple of sausages on sticks , a hunk of crusty bread , and another Scotch , and I took over a pint of bitter for Seddon . |
| 29 | ‘ There were problems in the past with the way the fund was run , but when I took over a couple of years ago we took a very long look at our accounting system and put matters right . |
| 30 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |