Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] [vb past] up [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | After planting a flag on the summit and taking photographs in bright sunshine , Ms Stephens — who only took up mountaineering four years ago — lost no time in getting off the peak as the weather closed in . |
2 | who also picked up trophies for best new editor and a special award for most promising newcomer , said : ‘ I was quite simply amazed . |
3 | Ken Mentle , who often made up club rules as he went along , declared that his was the casting vote and promptly blocked the appointment , incredibly naming himself as manager . |
4 | The next sister , Elizabeth Marian Edith ( ‘ Bessie ’ ) married Alf Davidge , a silk-buyer trained at the ‘ Cavendish House ’ department store in Cheltenham , who then took up employment at Debenham 's in London , near St Paul 's . |
5 | Over the period of a full week ( not just one day ! ) , almost every cognate group being run in the College received a subject assessor visit and the activity was coordinated by the local SCOTVEC Field Officer , Madeline Blakely — who virtually took up residence in the college for the week . |
6 | Thomas Forster was the only English Tory MP who actually took up arms for the Pretender . |