Example sentences of "[vb past] up position " in BNC.
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| 1 | A detachment of Cromwell 's troops guarding the bridge at nearby Bewdley came to Kidderminster to cut off their retreat and took up position in the square . |
| 2 | Then a short blast and six monitors took up position at the top of the lower playground . |
| 3 | In the summer , strawberry sellers usually took up position around the Crimean Cannon at the side of the Council House and they had to dispose of all their perishable wares before returning home . |
| 4 | At least 20 officers in personnel carriers and patrol cars took up position outside the old Billingsgate fish market , just yards from the Baltic Exchange , where three people died in the IRA bomb blast in April . |
| 5 | On his head was the horned-moon helm of Saphery and he swiftly took up position between the queen and the Keeper of Secrets . |
| 6 | " Keep an eye on our friends , " he muttered and while Brady took up position beside the door , Tom helped Patrick over to the bar . |
| 7 | The cutters then took up position in a square around Guiding Lights which was still moving at about ten knots . |
| 8 | A total of 250 troops from France 's 4,200-strong local garrison took up position around the town of Dikhil in the south-west of the country , the scene of recent fighting between the government and the FRUD rebels [ see p. 38711 , where Dikhil is wrongly given as Kikhil ] . |
| 9 | A posse of the Party 's agents took up position behind a group of Young Conservatives who were threatening to unfold a banner . |
| 10 | The dog curled a lip at me but made no sound , then took up position in the front room doorway . |
| 11 | Policemen , armed , filed out of the building and took up position . |
| 12 | They took up position between the harpoons and the fleeing whales . |
| 13 | The troops gathered the Croats in the Franciscan monastery on Tuesday after Muslims overran the area and took up position on all sides . |