Example sentences of "i take up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply the sense of physical disgust which filled me whenever I took up a brush and dipped it in paint . |
| 2 | Every room in the house contained some form of Bible and I took up a large ancient looking one and opened it as if it had been a door into a cave . |
| 3 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 4 | ‘ I took up a new hold at 500 feet over the pilot and was pleased to see the dinghy on the water , fully inflated , between the helicopter and the pilot — and upwind of him ! |
| 5 | I arrived at the shooting school well before the start , wearing a mackintosh , and with my umbrella up , I took up a position to watch . |
| 6 | Here I took up a position with the grand title of ‘ Consultant ’ . |
| 7 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 8 | I took up a lot of my daffs and started , erm erm I never take them up every year |
| 9 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 10 | 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 … ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I took up the cups of coffee , five cups , and they give me only four straws , not five , ’ he explained carefully . |
| 14 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 15 | Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure . |
| 16 | I got on well , and at the age of seven , I took up the violin . |
| 17 | ‘ This was where I took up the running , ’ Robert said . |
| 18 | I took up the tin-whistle in earnest |
| 19 | ‘ I took up the sport six years ago when my local team , the Darlington Dawdlers , were short of a fourth rider . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I took up the axe . |
| 22 | So I take up a book and try to read . |
| 23 | I take up a rifle and being that I am a crack shot , I win something to hang on a car mirror . |
| 24 | I have here a copy of the committee which was formed that night , and also a copy of the minutes , I 'll give each Councillor one , and then they can read it at their leisure , instead of me taking up the whole meeting . |
| 25 | Tonight it 's my turn ; he 'll expect me to take up the story where he left off , but I 've no intention of doing that . |
| 26 | My wife and I are staying at the Danieli , but she 's not been feeling well and urged me to take up the offer of an observer 's seat here . ’ |