Sentence examples for time take up from inspiring English sources

I normally promise myself that I'll do something constructive with the time — take up Pilates, write a screenplay — but instead mess around doing nothing in particular, before I wake up with a start and go back to finish the book.

Emil Kang, president of the Detroit orchestra, said he saw no incongruity in Mr. Järvi's decision to retire from that orchestra and, at the same time, take up the new post.

Unlike mortals, however, who, confronted with the constraints of time, take up their failures with passion, Fosca becomes immobilized.

In other words, Seth is pointing out that the mental construct we give to events in "time" take up part of our "space" by the mere continuum of that energy in our thought.

There are lots of good ways that you can occupy this time: Take up a hobby or learn a new skill.

"Swing Time" took up all my time and energy.

UK teachers spend less time in class and more time taken up on other tasks.

There was a lot of my personal time taken up getting him on the show.

Yet at Mr. Gerstner's insistence, the Carlyle post will be part time, taking up about 20percentt of his time.

"But people don't realize the time taken up by research, writing up the reports and returning again and again.

Has anyone analysed the amount of GP time taken up by these newly created "GP commissioning groups"?