Example sentences of "had take up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no sign of Benny , but Ace assumed that the Professor had taken up a position on the other side of the stanchion . |
| 2 | While at Howard University he had taken up a position as a consultant on Caribbean affairs , this led him into full-time work for the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission , where in 1948 , he became its Deputy Chairman based in Port of Spain . |
| 3 | Mr McWhirter had shuffled in , looking like a morose vagrant , some ten minutes late , and had taken up a position in front of the fire . |
| 4 | Stuart and Alice will be making their home in Reigate where Stuart had taken up a post at St. Mary 's . |
| 5 | After years of study he had qualified in Mining Engineering and had taken up a post as a college lecturer on mining . |
| 6 | He had taken up a woman 's role , and in the most feminine way taken up the nursing of Sien when his own mental and physical health were at a low ebb . |
| 7 | He caught the glint of a smile from Fael-Inis at that , and felt a sudden delight , because the fire was surging up all about them , and Fael-Inis had taken up a stance at the fore of the Chariot , and he was gathering up silken reins between his hands , only the reins were of living colour and shifting light , and there were certainly spells within them as there had certainly been spells in the Chamber of the Looms … |