Example sentences of "took up [noun pl] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other boys took up duties in the ARP , with many of the older ones gaining qualifications in the organization . |
| 2 | Thomas Forster was the only English Tory MP who actually took up arms for the Pretender . |
| 3 | The search lasted until 1130 hours , after Which the platoon took up positions along the route and established vehicle checkpoints on roads throughout the area . |
| 4 | At dawn on July 1 Lebanese army units crossed the Awali River and took up positions around the port of Sidon . |
| 5 | The next day Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) guerrillas loyal to Chairman Yassir Arafat took up positions in the hills , ostensibly to act as a " buffer force " . |
| 6 | There were fewer in Court circles , though even here some took up appointments on the grounds that they were serving France and not the dynasty . |