Example sentences of "i took up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I took up the cups of coffee , five cups , and they give me only four straws , not five , ’ he explained carefully . |
| 2 | I took up the tin-whistle in earnest |
| 3 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I took up the sport six years ago when my local team , the Darlington Dawdlers , were short of a fourth rider . |
| 6 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 7 | ‘ This was where I took up the running , ’ Robert said . |
| 8 | I took up the axe . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I got on well , and at the age of seven , I took up the violin . |
| 11 | 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 … ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |