Example sentences of "she take up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
| 2 | Why wo n't she take up the offer of just a fortnight 's short-stay ? |
| 3 | Mona was quiet , hardworking and extremely stubborn , anxious to be agreeable ; but once she took up a position — or got caught in one — she was obstinately immovable and this had often brought her into conflict with Moran . |
| 4 | She then went to Victoria Station and bought a return ticket to Epsom , where she took up a position in the pressing crowd on the inside rails at Tattenham Corner , a few yards before the runners reach the straight . |
| 5 | Still riding the crest of that foaming wave , she took up a microphone one day and sang an old classic , which caught the ear of a sharp record producer who would very soon launch her as a pop star . |
| 6 | Now she has moved on again — in late October she took up a new appointment in Rotherham . |
| 7 | Then she took up a position standing right at the back . |
| 8 | Soon afterwards she took up a position at the hospital . |
| 9 | She took up a late cancellation for a holiday and photographed the leaning tower of Pisa ; in Florence sat drinking a cappuccino near the Piazza San Felice , thinking of those two English lovers , the Browning poets , who had lived there ; threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome , wondering if she would ever come back . |
| 10 | Grinning , she took up a seductive pose and started to wriggle her hips for him , swirling round sensually and then slowly undoing the clasp at her back . |
| 11 | She has been active in local politics since 1985 when she took up a seat on Cleveland county council for Victoria ward , Thornaby . |
| 12 | She took up the piano and , according to her headmistress Ruth Rudge , ‘ made phenomenal progress for someone who started late ’ ; and although she never made it into any of the school teams , she loved tennis . |
| 13 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 14 | She took up the handles of the hand-cart and began to push it , and now there was room only for the child to walk by the side of it . |
| 15 | She took up the beautiful veil you bought me , put it on her own head , then turned to admire herself in the mirror . |
| 16 | She took up the basin , spilling muddy water on the floor . |
| 17 | She took up the already damp towel and swathed herself in it . |
| 18 | She took up the pastime after impressing friends and family when she made an engagement cake for her brother-in-law . |
| 19 | Then she took up the discarded tray and looked back at him where he stood now , leaning against the wall between the French windows , his silver flask of brandy open as he sipped defiantly , watching her with a black scowl on his face . |
| 20 | From this , Mrs Lamport discovered she had misread one name and her researches into Mrs Piggott were scrapped while she took up the new challenge in the name of Mrs Pigou , a theatre-goer of French origin . |
| 21 | After she completed her degree course , they moved to the United States , where she took up an appointment as an instructor in English at Smith College . |