Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] by the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes we went to the Cours Mirabeau and watched the debris from the daily market being picked over by the local dogs . |
| 2 | This philosophy of helping elderly people return to or stay in their own or small-scale homes will be picked up by the new centres . |
| 3 | Now she sees many of the ideas being picked up by the commercial companies with which she had dealings because they believe it brings new talent into the industry . |
| 4 | It 's worth mentioning too , that during the year , er , Dr Tim , the general practitioner , who is seconded with er , Social Services , has been doing work on hospital discharge , making sure that the arrangements are , are working , and his reports have been picked up by the respective authorities , and , er , there has er , a sort of action plan has been put together , which is , which is intended to try to improve the er , existing hospital discharge arr arrangement , making sure that people are discharged from hospital and that the er , right type of care is available for them in , in the community . |
| 5 | The passports were rushed to Newcastle airport , flown on a British Airways flight to Heathrow , picked up by the Metropolitan Police and taken to Gatwick . |