Example sentences of "and took up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 2 | She settled herself beside him at the bench and took up the satin slippers she was decorating for Meg . |
| 3 | They cleared the stream in one lithe bound and took up the chase . |
| 4 | Those who rejected the conventional view and took up the cause of Czechoslovakian children were largely outside the mainstream of refugee aid . |
| 5 | Paul Owen has was appointed Director of the BCU and took up the post on February 17th . |
| 6 | Rachel rose from the bed and took up the tray from the bed-side table . |
| 7 | He smiled sadly , then went across and took up the basin , carrying it across to the door . |
| 8 | Carey checked it , then dragged back on the rod and took up the slack , working that way for five minutes or so before he beached the fish . |
| 9 | ’ And as he and Kraal continued to talk old Minch quietly dropped down to her shelter and took up the food there , listening to their few memories of the world outside . |
| 10 | Mr Maxmilian Frizzell had never read a book since leaving school and did not know who Lawrence was , so he put down the newspaper and took up the Car Dealer and Garageman with what dignity he could muster . |
| 11 | But the gabble was such that the child could n't distinguish what it was they wanted , until the old woman cried , ‘ No candy rock today ! 'T IS all gone , all gone , ’ at which , one after the other , the children , as if at a signal , stopped gabbling and took up the chant : ‘ Raggie Aggie ! |