put up a fight vs take exception

put up a fight

verb
  • To protest or make a fuss, especially over a proposed course of action. 

  • To offer some form of resistance to an attack. 

take exception

verb
  • To take offense; to object or protest. 

  • To object to; to disagree with. 

How often have the words put up a fight and take exception occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )