Example sentences of "have pick up a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Meanwhile , Tadpole has picked up a second firm , Isometrics , to peddle the Sparcbook to the US government , and says a second strategy to make it easier for US government bodies to buy its technology will be revealed in a couple of weeks ( UX No 381 ) .
2 Tadpole US has picked up a new president , Kenneth Cannizzaro , previously the firm 's director of business development : he 's responsible for operations and market expansion in the Americas and the Pacific Rim .
3 The BBC has picked up a similar trend .
4 Michael Roberts has picked up a two-week ban in South Africa for the second time this winter .
5 Keith Campbell , from north Belfast , has picked up a top award from computer firm Digital after coming first in the BTEC National Diploma in a computer studies course at Belfast Institute School of Informatics .
6 And , Charles ' mind raced on , Steen could have picked up a new tottie at the Sex of One … party on the Saturday night .
7 No I would n't , cos I might have picked up a different thing .
8 The one big difference is that you wo n't have to pick up a free ticket at the exhibition prior to the race .
9 The prosecution alleged that a 37-year-old man had picked up a 29-year-old woman when she was hitch-hiking from London towards Oxford , and ‘ went berserk ’ when she rejected his sexual advances .
10 In My Early Life he says I had picked up a wide vocabulary and a liking for the feel of words fitting and falling into their places like pennies in the slot .
11 An example was ultrasound , suggested by a zoologist whose colleague 's ‘ bat detector ’ , which receives sound in ultrasonic frequencies , had picked up a strong signal emanating from a nearby ancient site .
12 When I had left your house , I had picked up a small bag .
13 He and Fonda retired to their trailer , smoked some marijuana and then came out and told the crowd of local youths that they should imagine that the two of them had just arrived in town , and , on the way , they had picked up a local girl of fifteen , and raped and left her in the bushes .
14 Clough junior , used as a lone striker , put Forest ahead after five minutes , prodding the ball wide of Hans Segers after Kingsley Black had picked up a dreadful pass by Wimbledon 's Roger Joseph .
15 Full of new hope that maybe our rethink might be working he struck into what appeared a solid fish , although this was a little misleading as the cat had picked up a little weed and once freed she quickly surrendered .
16 In San Salvador , children have picked up a catchy radio tune about the Condor brand of condoms and can be heard singing in the streets : " Condor is your friend , — always take him with you ! "
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