Example sentences of "and took up the " in BNC.
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1 | Rachel rose from the bed and took up the tray from the bed-side table . |
2 | Paul Owen has was appointed Director of the BCU and took up the post on February 17th . |
3 | Those who rejected the conventional view and took up the cause of Czechoslovakian children were largely outside the mainstream of refugee aid . |
4 | Mr Maxmilian Frizzell had never read a book since leaving school and did not know who Lawrence was , so he put down the newspaper and took up the Car Dealer and Garageman with what dignity he could muster . |
5 | But the gabble was such that the child could n't distinguish what it was they wanted , until the old woman cried , ‘ No candy rock today ! 'T IS all gone , all gone , ’ at which , one after the other , the children , as if at a signal , stopped gabbling and took up the chant : ‘ Raggie Aggie ! |
6 | She settled herself beside him at the bench and took up the satin slippers she was decorating for Meg . |
7 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
8 | ’ And as he and Kraal continued to talk old Minch quietly dropped down to her shelter and took up the food there , listening to their few memories of the world outside . |
9 | Carey checked it , then dragged back on the rod and took up the slack , working that way for five minutes or so before he beached the fish . |
10 | He smiled sadly , then went across and took up the basin , carrying it across to the door . |
11 | His wife seemed to recognise some signal and took up the conversational baton for the next lap . |
12 | With a sigh , and a glance of regret at the clear , bright day outside , he settled down in his chair and took up the first of the tomes . |
13 | They cleared the stream in one lithe bound and took up the chase . |
14 | ‘ 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 . |