Example sentences of "she took up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She took up the beautiful veil you bought me , put it on her own head , then turned to admire herself in the mirror . |
| 5 | She took up the basin , spilling muddy water on the floor . |
| 6 | She took up the already damp towel and swathed herself in it . |
| 7 | She took up the pastime after impressing friends and family when she made an engagement cake for her brother-in-law . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |