Example sentences of "took up the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late 1850s Stringfellow took up the new art of photography , becoming so proficient that he advertised himself as a professional portrait photographer , with a studio in the High Street of Chard . |
| 2 | The portfolio of Mohamed Ghanouchi was altered from Planning and Finance to Economy and Finance ; Tahar Azaiez took up the new post of Minister of Professional Training and Employment ; Ahmed Khaled became Minister of Culture and Information ; and Ali Chabi was appointed as Secretary of State for Religious Affairs . |
| 3 | On Aug. 10 a Supreme Court judge , Giuseppe di Gennaro , 68 , took up the new post of director of the DIA on a provisional basis . |
| 4 | This year Ian McCartney took up the new post of Student Enterprise Officer and this addition to the staff has greatly facilitated student enterprise activities . |
| 5 | From this , Mrs Lamport discovered she had misread one name and her researches into Mrs Piggott were scrapped while she took up the new challenge in the name of Mrs Pigou , a theatre-goer of French origin . |
| 6 | He took up the remote controller and did the ever-popular ‘ Channel Hop ’ . |
| 7 | It was located on Ocean Drive , between C and D ; it took up the entire block . |
| 8 | Another critic who took up the moral cudgels against the ‘ spicy ’ jokes and suggestive songs described how ‘ this kind of garbage is part and parcel of the repertoire of nearly every music hall in the kingdom … it puts decency and clean-living at a discount , and it glorifies immorality all round ’ . |
| 9 | The teacher took up the remaining bangle and , throwing it into the water , said , ‘ It is there . ’ ’ |
| 10 | They walked round all day with their heads slumped between their shoulders like this ’ — he took up the appropriate attitude — ‘ instead of like this , as the British do . ’ |
| 11 | Ever the professional , he silently directed his men with hand signals , ensuring that they took up the correct positions . |
| 12 | We took up the lost threads of our writing together with even greater dedication . |
| 13 | His wife seemed to recognise some signal and took up the conversational baton for the next lap . |
| 14 | Byron took up the above theme regarding the relationship between the communities we study and the wider world they inhabit , especially as it relates to complex societies . |
| 15 | ‘ We listened to Joe Lewis , In The Mood , that sort of thing and took up the whole floor for dancing — they hardly move around now . |
| 16 | In their progress they took up the whole width of the footpath . |
| 17 | And then of course erm would it be later that they took up the English miners ? |
| 18 | Then she took up the discarded tray and looked back at him where he stood now , leaning against the wall between the French windows , his silver flask of brandy open as he sipped defiantly , watching her with a black scowl on his face . |
| 19 | Countless times , before Longines took up the electronic timing of practice , Ferrari had managed to surprise every one else 's chronometers with their ‘ times ’ : they had a rabid press and rabid fans behind them and the Monza authorities , besides being among the least efficient on the circuit , were also the most pliant . |
| 20 | He took up the daily routine of his swim again , and one afternoon when he was in the sea there was a visit to the bungalow by Timothy Gedge . |
| 21 | Again , according to Escoffier himself a Paris factory , the Maison Fontaine took up the canned tomato industry , the whole department of the Vaucluse started to specialise in the same business , and it was only after the events recorded by him that Italy and America introduced their own versions of canned tomatoes . |
| 22 | She took up the beautiful veil you bought me , put it on her own head , then turned to admire herself in the mirror . |
| 23 | They were invited to Hollywood parties together and they left together : when one broke into song , the other took up the harmonising line . |
| 24 | Once the firms ' merger was in place , Mr Morrison took up the thorny issue of rationalising the accountancy profession . |
| 25 | Julia took up the assembled bridle and they walked outside into the early evening sun . |
| 26 | Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure . |