Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] the [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sighed , and turned to pick up the clock on the bedside table . |
| 2 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 3 | He picked up the ball on the edge of his penalty area , pushed it to Ricky McAvoy who laid on the chance for McCallan to drill his shot past Wesley Lamont . |
| 4 | In the sixty fourth minute , Pedro Herbert restored the home side 's lead when he picked up the ball on the break and side footed it past keeper Cummings , to make it two one to Harefield . |
| 5 | The Sheikh motioned us to sit down , left his men outside , and picked up the phone on the table . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll be in touch so that we can arrange for C.W. to meet your men before Mobuto arrives tonight , ’ Kolchinsky said then picked up the transmitter on the desk and activated the door . |
| 7 | If Southend police could run in some young man who picked up the car on the Foulness road yesterday afternoon . |