Example sentences of "[pers pn] take up [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 | So I take up a book and try to read . |
| 20 | I take up a rifle and being that I am a crack shot , I win something to hang on a car mirror . |
| 21 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
| 22 | Why wo n't she take up the offer of just a fortnight 's short-stay ? |
| 23 | Why do n't you take up the offer ? |
| 24 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
| 25 | Our link up with adidas has certainly provided a boost to membership , with many of you taking up the option to join and receive a free headband or wristband for their trouble . |
| 26 | Mona was quiet , hardworking and extremely stubborn , anxious to be agreeable ; but once she took up a position — or got caught in one — she was obstinately immovable and this had often brought her into conflict with Moran . |
| 27 | She then went to Victoria Station and bought a return ticket to Epsom , where she took up a position in the pressing crowd on the inside rails at Tattenham Corner , a few yards before the runners reach the straight . |
| 28 | Then she took up a position standing right at the back . |
| 29 | Soon afterwards she took up a position at the hospital . |
| 30 | Still riding the crest of that foaming wave , she took up a microphone one day and sang an old classic , which caught the ear of a sharp record producer who would very soon launch her as a pop star . |