Example sentences of "take up the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In just over two weeks , the four will take up the pins and the microphone for the benefit of Telegraph readers . |
| 2 | However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead . |
| 3 | If the Church of England , which many preferred to call simply ‘ the Establishment ’ or , copying the Scots , ‘ the Episcopalian Church ’ violated its ‘ contract ’ and failed to provide a Protestant religion for England , then the Nonconformists , cooperating through the Council , would willingly take up the contract and deliver the appropriate religion . |
| 4 | And then — then they would take up the hoe and become farmers . |
| 5 | Surprisingly , some cynics might say , 49 people did take up the offer and the details were sent to the club to effect the paperwork . |
| 6 | er How many people do actually take up the offer and , and have flu vaccines nowadays ? |
| 7 | ‘ Once he is quite well , he will take up the reins and the business will be booming again , ’ she said out loud . |
| 8 | NAREA hopes SSDs and health authorities will take up the charter and incorporate it into working practices . |
| 9 | Before yesterday 's hearing Mr McTear , gasping for breath , said his goal was to ensure youngsters did not take up the habit and go through his ordeal . |
| 10 | And then , after a time , we er had the er electricity took up the yard and into the shop and then we was able to buy a little machine you know what I mean and it went from there . |
| 11 | Shetland Bird Club took up the issue and have appealed to the government to curb the fishery , even presenting a petition to the Prime Minister . |
| 12 | Former EC trade commissioner Sir Leon Brittan took up the issue and he ordered repayment in July , 1990 . |
| 13 | This switch to feature films inevitably led to a new preoccupation with fiction and with developing screen fictions that took up the themes and conventions of respectable literary and theatrical tastes . |
| 14 | They were laid on a table before the canopied throne and an Act of Parliament became law only when the King , or his Commissioners , took up the Sceptre and used it to touch the relevant document . |
| 15 | When Richard finally took up the scrip and staff of a pilgrim , the latter broke under him . |
| 16 | The centre took up the case and now we have got the cheque . |
| 17 | What happened after that was that divisional FA representative Arthur Clark took up the case and more sedentary media throughout Britain puffed to catch up with the Backtrack exclusive . |
| 18 | He took up the poker and turned over a log carefully . |
| 19 | Evelyn took up the pen and wrote her name quickly , then looked up at Miss Harker who gave her the briefest of nods and immediately turned her attention back to the rest of the company . |
| 20 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 21 | Er and seek good qualified er Consultants to carry out the work which could be deliberated on by the various Committees of the County Council and the District and that work has been done and I think if I saw anything Chairman from the meeting on the twenty second of December at St Albans , it was that form very first time three political parties took up the policy and they started to address particular issues er er er we believe less measures partaken . |
| 22 | He leaned back , then took up the book and began to read again , letting Lao Tzu 's words — words more than two and a half thousand years old — wash over the sleeping boy and bring him ease . |
| 23 | If this layer of new material were put down each summer free from mechanical stresses the beam or branch would droop until the new material took up the strain and we should have a tree like a weeping willow . |
| 24 | Well daddy 's one day and he up this big flagstone and it was er topping off a grave and did n't ken what to do so he just put the flagstone back and kept on and the next time he went to he and he it up again and he took up the skull and . |
| 25 | Maggie took up the cloth and began to wipe a section of the counter . |
| 26 | She took up the piano and , according to her headmistress Ruth Rudge , ‘ made phenomenal progress for someone who started late ’ ; and although she never made it into any of the school teams , she loved tennis . |
| 27 | People who were doing nothing in particular took up the cry and chanted it down the block , like priests in some strange pagan mass : |
| 28 | He took up the file and studied the plain white paper envelope the letter had been posted in . |
| 29 | The social sciences took up the challenge and , importantly for the development of International Relations , paraded economics as an exemplary application of scientific method to human affairs . |
| 30 | On the 19–20th August David Jackson , JM 's well known accountant and trick cyclist , accompanied by Richard Smith , friend and fellow sufferer , took up the challenge and cycled a 250 mile route from Sonning , via Royston , Birmingham and Cresswell to Burslem . |