Example sentences of "take up the [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … into the last furlong , and the Guppy looks beaten , Breakdancer takes up the running with Prince Charming on the stand side — it looks to be between these two — but now Shine On 's absolutely flying on the outside , a terrific challenge , the three locked together , Breakdancer and Shine On stride for stride , at the line it 's very close but I think it 's shine On who gets it on the nod . |
| 2 | Paolozzi takes up the challenge with relish , as he deliberately creates hiatuses and breaks in The Wealth of Nations . |
| 3 | If your Customer Care Unit has not been able to sort out your problem , or if you are not satisfied with their reply , you can take up the matter with your District Manager who will try to help . |
| 4 | If your Customer Care unit has not been able to sort out your problem , or if you are not satisfied with their reply , you can take up the matter with your District Head Postmaster who will try to help . |
| 5 | The chairman will take up the matter with the local councillors . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The next day the front page of the Sun took up the theme with enthusiasm : PORN LUST OF THE FOX ( see Figure 4.1 ) . |
| 8 | By the Canal Turn he was second , and he kept up his gallop as the field came back towards the stands , taking up the running with three fences to go . |
| 9 | The house itself had one big comfortable room taking up the front with a glassed-in porch that caught the sun , and would have been called a conservatory in a grander house . |
| 10 | A ring of onlookers forms , taking up the beat with echoing handclaps while the glitterball shoots sparks and the whole room spins . |
| 11 | Far from feeling second best , the Mexicans have taken up the challenge with vigour : ‘ We aim to be a cultural invasion of Frankfurt and the rest of Germany ’ , said the Mexican commissioner , Eugenia Meyer . |
| 12 | He had taken up the post with the NITB after spending eight years in Glasgow . |
| 13 | It was also reported that the Governor of Sokoto had decided to take up the issue with the federal authorities in Lagos . |
| 14 | I wished ICAO to take up the matter with a view to ensuring that the State of registry should have the primary right to salvage the aircraft . |