Example sentences of "take up [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Games , he was cast as British milkman Harry Hayes , who takes up athletics for a joke , is spotted by a former champion runner and ends up in an Olympic Marathon . |
| 2 | It is not difficult to think of other examples — the man who takes up golf to be seen with the ‘ right sort of people ’ the competitor more interested in the prize than the process of winning it ; the senior common-room member who can not converse without showing off . |
| 3 | In 1858 a wild rabbit takes up residence in the garden ; Gustave forbids its slaughter . |
| 4 | Initiated by the CBSO under its electrifying young conductor , Simon Rattle , it will soon receive another boost , when Sadler 's Wells Ballet takes up residence in the refurbished Hippodrome under its new name , the Birmingham Royal Ballet . |
| 5 | The Spirit comes and takes up residence in our bodies , which he wants to use as his temple ( Cor. 6:19 ) . |
| 6 | The Spirit comes and takes up residence in a man once he is invited in . |
| 7 | She plays Isobel Hetherington — a young woman with three daughters — who takes up residence in a seaside resort during the hot summer of 1887 . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll take up golf in my old age . ’ |
| 9 | The track index will take up part of the first track of each cylinder . |
| 10 | I was worried 'e was gon na take up boxin' after doin' it in the army . |
| 11 | Well as an association , we naturally get ourselves involved with many other aspects of the university activities in that erm both the students are applicants of ours and come and talk to us about projects which they may like to see emerge , and other departments of the university , the music department etc. , sometimes find that our knowledge of the area , or certain aspects of some of the schemes that we 're operating , coincide with what they 're trying to do and it turns out to be that campuses like this are often useful places for residencies and artists will come and take up residency in a university for a period of time , and that 's often been exploited by the Association . |
| 12 | Graduates with a specialism in Tourism and Leisure may take up employment in the management of tourism ventures , or in managing tourist flows . |
| 13 | Some essential and irreplaceable tissues , like the brain , kidney tubules , intestinal mucosa and red blood corpuscles , can take up glucose in the absence of insulin , which other tissues , notably muscles which are normally the largest consumers of glucose , need its presence . |
| 14 | President Carlos Salinas de Gortari , responding to increasing domestic and international pressure , was reportedly instrumental in compelling Ramon Aguirre Velázquez , a PRI hardliner who had officially won 55 per cent of the vote in Guanajuato , to make the unprecedented announcement on Aug. 29 that he would not take up office as state governor . |
| 15 | His replacement will probably not take up office until 1 September 193 . |
| 16 | It is not very clever to spray and fight off enemies from the front door , while letting them take up residence outside a wide open back door . |
| 17 | And the inconvenience will be only slight , he can always take up residence at his college again until their time 's up . ’ |
| 18 | He will take up residence on the cleared site of the Fun House , whose place has been taken by a vintage carousel originally imported from Coney Island by Alderman W G Bean , the founder of the Blackpool funfair . |
| 19 | The Standard commentary column enthused again about the benefits that would accrue to the town ; ‘ people of means and leisure will take up residence in the district ; it has long been said that Henley needed further attractions and the present move is assuredly one in the right direction ’ . |
| 20 | On the morrow or soon after , as our uncle of Gloucester told me , he will take up residence in the Tower . ’ |
| 21 | Will you take up residence in France ? ’ |
| 22 | We shall take up residence in autumn , not later , for I am to have another child close to Christmas , I believe . |
| 23 | It will take up room on the stairs , so remember that the space left for other people using the stairs will be less . |
| 24 | She took up tennis after finding that she was simply in the way if she appeared on the film set . |
| 25 | He trained as an engraver but took up work with deaf people and became their missioner in Paisley , Scotland . |
| 26 | The troops gathered the Croats in the Franciscan monastery on Tuesday after Muslims overran the area and took up position on all sides . |
| 27 | On his head was the horned-moon helm of Saphery and he swiftly took up position between the queen and the Keeper of Secrets . |
| 28 | They took up position between the harpoons and the fleeing whales . |
| 29 | Then a short blast and six monitors took up position at the top of the lower playground . |
| 30 | " Keep an eye on our friends , " he muttered and while Brady took up position beside the door , Tom helped Patrick over to the bar . |