Example sentences of "who took up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for hundreds of sightseers who took up vantage points in the nearby mountains and on the main deck of an Urnersee pleasure boat , it was the disappointment of the year . |
| 2 | There seem to have been a lot of people who took up painting for a while and then dropped it : often enough , like the young Roger Vadim , to become a cineaste or a designer in the lively world of small theatres ( which are also extensively documented in the Pavillon des Arts . ) |
| 3 | But all did not go smoothly for Andrew , who took up golf three years ago . |
| 4 | He sent for his wife and their three children , who took up residence with him in the old palace . |
| 5 | Does my hon. Friend accept , however , that among pensioners , particularly those who took up residence in sheltered accommodation after 1988 , there is a real fear of injustice , in that some of them have to pay the full licence and some of them do not ? |
| 6 | We have two women Equal Opportunities Officers who took up post in early September . |
| 7 | In response to the setting up of the " constitutional " government , the Fujimori government authorized sentences of between four and seven years for dismissed public officials who refused to relinquish their posts or for those who took up office , performed duties or issued orders without due authorization . |