Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] took up a " in BNC.

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1 They were n't able to give him this so he took up a reciprocal heading and dropped down to 2,000 ‘ ft ‘ and eventually found Humberside — all the time trying to figure out what had gone wrong .
2 A year or two later he took up a consultancy somewhere in the Home Counties .
3 Here I took up a position with the grand title of ‘ Consultant ’ .
4 Minitel is now an established part of French life , largely because the Government bankrolled its implementation so much that almost everyone took up a machine .
5 Then she took up a position standing right at the back .
6 Instead he took up a lucrative coaching post with the Botswana Youth team .
7 Soon afterwards she took up a position at the hospital .
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