Example sentences of "[noun prp] take up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kruger took up a sword-sharp scimitar and held it aloft for blessing . |
| 2 | Eight years after her marriage to Robert Dudley , Amy Robsart , daughter of a Norfolk knighted gentleman , moved from Lincolnshire to Berkshire to take up the vast abode that her charming if rakish husband had provided for her . |
| 3 | In the three or so years before matters were finally settled , a lot happened ; George Simpson gave up his interest in the partnership to retire to his leafy mansion near Reigate ; Hofmann had left England to take up a prestigious academic post in Berlin ; and the new Nicholson , Maule & Nicholson partnership had begun to transfer its production to a site at Hackney Wick . |
| 4 | Priddle takes up the poisoned chalice for PWRs |
| 5 | Julia took up the assembled bridle and they walked outside into the early evening sun . |
| 6 | A few hasty notes in July show that he continued to visit 6 Patten Road , and occasionally to have dinner there , until their separation became a reality , when Helen took up a resident post as governess with the Wards , at 33 Bath Road , Bedford and Edward spent August with his father 's relations at 17 Woodville Street , Pontardulais , while his younger brothers became pupils at a small denominational school in Ammanford . |
| 7 | This did , not prevent her from becoming engaged , in 1956 , to Edgar Lintot , who was about to leave Cambridge to take up a pre-registration post at St Michael 's Hospital in Lewisham . |
| 8 | Byron took up the above theme regarding the relationship between the communities we study and the wider world they inhabit , especially as it relates to complex societies . |
| 9 | Countless times , before Longines took up the electronic timing of practice , Ferrari had managed to surprise every one else 's chronometers with their ‘ times ’ : they had a rabid press and rabid fans behind them and the Monza authorities , besides being among the least efficient on the circuit , were also the most pliant . |
| 10 | He gestured to Van Gelder to take up a listening phone . |
| 11 | Stolojan took up a senior post at the World Bank . |
| 12 | The lesson itself was then read by the rabbi or cantor ; Leonard taking up the concluding part — the maftir . |
| 13 | This year Ian McCartney took up the new post of Student Enterprise Officer and this addition to the staff has greatly facilitated student enterprise activities . |
| 14 | The portfolio of Mohamed Ghanouchi was altered from Planning and Finance to Economy and Finance ; Tahar Azaiez took up the new post of Minister of Professional Training and Employment ; Ahmed Khaled became Minister of Culture and Information ; and Ali Chabi was appointed as Secretary of State for Religious Affairs . |
| 15 | Again , according to Escoffier himself a Paris factory , the Maison Fontaine took up the canned tomato industry , the whole department of the Vaucluse started to specialise in the same business , and it was only after the events recorded by him that Italy and America introduced their own versions of canned tomatoes . |
| 16 | Once the firms ' merger was in place , Mr Morrison took up the thorny issue of rationalising the accountancy profession . |
| 17 | Sr Janice McLaughlin has returned to her native USA to take up a new appointment as head of the Communications Office of the Maryknoll Sisters in New York . |
| 18 | Sherman Dwight Mower and Buzzie B. take up a showy fast lead , and the race is on . |
| 19 | In the late 1850s Stringfellow took up the new art of photography , becoming so proficient that he advertised himself as a professional portrait photographer , with a studio in the High Street of Chard . |