Example sentences of "[pers pn] took 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 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Then she took up a position standing right at the back . |
| 22 | Soon afterwards she took up a position at the hospital . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She has been active in local politics since 1985 when she took up a seat on Cleveland county council for Victoria ward , Thornaby . |
| 25 | She took up the pastime after impressing friends and family when she made an engagement cake for her brother-in-law . |
| 26 | She took up the handles of the hand-cart and began to push it , and now there was room only for the child to walk by the side of it . |
| 27 | She took up the basin , spilling muddy water on the floor . |
| 28 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 29 | She took up the piano and , according to her headmistress Ruth Rudge , ‘ made phenomenal progress for someone who started late ’ ; and although she never made it into any of the school teams , she loved tennis . |
| 30 | After she completed her degree course , they moved to the United States , where she took up an appointment as an instructor in English at Smith College . |