Example sentences of "i took up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I took up music , it meant giving up all thought of a family . |
| 2 | Quirinus is lord there and he knows me , for it is with he and his Myrcans that I took up service over a year ago . |
| 3 | It happened with me , when at the age of 18 , I took up pen and paper to make a reply to the readers ' letters column of the Glasgow Evening Times , in answer to a man who supported the rise of Nazism in Germany . |
| 4 | I took up golf four years ago , while living in Northern Ireland , where club membership was not a problem . |
| 5 | That 's why I took up PE , training . |
| 6 | I like boxing and when I was suspended in the summer of 1990 I took up boxing and accepted , perhaps too quickly , a fight against the then French light-heavyweight champion . |
| 7 | Instead , I took up running in order to take more exercise in a shorter time . |
| 8 | I was no good at rugby so I took up rowing . |