Example sentences of "she take up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Now she has moved on again — in late October she took up a new appointment in Rotherham . |
| 5 | Then she took up a position standing right at the back . |
| 6 | Soon afterwards she took up a position at the hospital . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She has been active in local politics since 1985 when she took up a seat on Cleveland county council for Victoria ward , Thornaby . |
| 10 | 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 . |