Example sentences of "pick [adv] by a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if we do not like being judged by an external tribunal , if we do not like our citizens being interrogated by foreign judges about acts committed in the United Kingdom , if we do not like our Acts of Parliament and our internal administration being scrupulously picked over by a European Commission , if we do not like the relations between the Crown and its possessions being altered over our heads , the remedy is in our own hands . |
| 2 | Massud , who was picked up by a Pakistani helicopter from the Afghan border , arrived in Islamabad after attending an important meeting of mujaheddin commanders inside Afghanistan on Oct. 9-12 . |
| 3 | The men eventually ran off , leaving Thomas of Mochdre , near Colwyn Bay , to be picked up by a passing motorist . |
| 4 | The men eventually ran off , leaving Thomas of Mochdre , near Colwyn Bay , to be picked up by a passing motorist . |
| 5 | You could follow my example and hitchhike out of Miami airport , but only if you 're prepared to risk being picked up by a religious maniac , or dropped off in an impenetrable jungle of freeways close to the cocaine-dealing centre of America , or both . |
| 6 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for the effects of cold . |
| 7 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for cold . |
| 8 | In The Lost Ship , for instance , a couple of merchant navy apprentices , overboard by accident from a tanker , are picked up by a sinister couple planning to snatch gold from a wreck on a Caribbean island , and in Horseshoe Reef a similar young couple is rescued from shipwreck by a strange , isolated family with criminal intentions . |
| 9 | There they were picked up by a white ship crewed by the remnants of the Queen 's Guard . |
| 10 | As an alternative , radio versions are now available at economic prices ; these allow virtually unrestricted movement to the wearer , the signals being picked up by a special receiver which passes them on to the camcorder via a short cable connection . |
| 11 | Lieutenant Davis was caught ashore next night and his paddler , Able Seaman McGuire , was picked up by an armed fishing boat . |
| 12 | Four more S.79s were sent out from Sicily to search for it but one ran out of fuel and had to ditch , the crew being picked up by an Italian hospital ship . |
| 13 | Police fear the instrument may have been dumped and could be picked up by an unsuspecting member of the public . |
| 14 | The ship remains afloat and is towed by a French gunboat to the port where the four in the small boat , picked up by a passing ship , are duly landed and detained for a court-martial . |