Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] [det] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although apprentices wasted a lot of time in their early years , most of them had picked up enough of the trade to be useful typesetters long before the seven years were up . |
| 2 | Talking at all above the screech of the wind was difficult and he had to make his explanation short : ‘ Mariana , the men running this coup set up roadblocks this morning to pick up any of the Government trying to get into Belpan City . |
| 3 | And , and probably you pick up some of the language used to describe this , you know . |
| 4 | Now when the was opened , er it was decided to er to put in a line , erm just near to connect with , and pick up some of the trade for the for Railway , cos the or the had already decided to get some from that end as well . |
| 5 | And as I sat on the beach , I idly picked up some of the myriad stones lying on the shore , and one of them surprised me with its remarkable colours — it was pure marble glistening and sparkling with mica particles imbedded in it . |