Example sentences of "pick [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But he would n't do that now , he had n't picked her up for twelve years .
2 He got his way in most things , had despotically guided Stephen 's life , had chosen Lyn for him , before that had picked him out of this school , pushed him into that , as soon as he could removed him altogether from academic threat .
3 Cambridge have picked themselves up in recent weeks .
4 Then he walked over and told me that a Corporal from the Foreign Legion recruiting office at Lille would come to pick me up in two hours ; until then I was free to go for a walk and get something to eat .
5 ‘ Well , you could stop picking me up in that van .
6 Mr Broadhurst was by now in the habit of picking me up from Varndean Grammar on Wednesday afternoons , accompanying me to Pool Valley , and then on home by bus .
7 King Edward bent to pick it up amid suggestive laughter , declaring ‘ shame on him who thinks evil of it ’ , and prophesying that he would make it the most sought-after badge of honour in Britain .
8 In this case it may be by asking the child to pick up a toy , being ignored , then compelling him or her to pick it up by physical guidance then putting the child out of the room and leaving him when the inevitable tantrum occurs .
9 This time , alas , there is little to cheer and they need to pick themselves up for this Saturday 's basement battle against Chester .
10 This one now , er again hits him Mahammama on the pad , trickles out on the off side and Goch picks it up from extra cover .
11 I pick it out with loving care .
12 If not , simply leave them nearby , and the dog will probably pick them up in due course .
13 You can often pick them up in second-hand bookshops .
14 In fact I think you can probably still pick them up in antique shops and second hand shops and probably a lot of people have still got some .
15 They work under the grim threat that armed and dangerous rebels could pick them off at any time .
16 I mean if you like , I mean , I 'll pick you up at normal time , then we 'll just
17 Available in Rabat or the port Mgarr they will pick you up at pre-arranged prices .
18 I will pick you up in twenty minutes .
19 The patient himself may pick one up with clean hands , but no one else .
20 They should pick her up without any trouble . ’
21 and a fiver , no , he must of put a bet on , borrowed the paper and borrowed the money to put the bet on same day dry cleaning service , you can pick it up at two minutes to midnight madam
22 Could she pick it up within forty-eight hours ?
23 Picked him up at Imperial College .
24 ‘ Only yesterday the Trunchbull caught a boy called Julius Rottwinkle eating Liquorice Allsorts during the scripture lesson and she simply picked him up by one arm and flung him clear out of the open classroom window .
25 Kalchu reached over to where he and Hārkini had been squabbling , picked him up by both elbows and pulled him on to his lap .
26 He picked her up with exquisite gentleness , kissed her cheeks , laid her gently on the bed , and lay down on it beside her , his hands pulling her body close to his .
27 One or your down-fine hairs was on the pillow : I picked it up like gold-dust-sweet relic !
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