Example sentences of "i 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 .

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