Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have picked up the wrong book and are probably in the wrong bookstore . |
| 2 | In an improbable , but typical , detour in a review of a book about corsets , she asks : ‘ How has it come about that feminists have picked up the masculine notion that those women who are n't self-confessed feminists do n't known what they 're doing , half the time ? ’ |
| 3 | Without another word , Bert Rafferty gently picked up the frightened child and made towards the cliff . |
| 4 | She placed the receiver down and reached to the table top , picking up the silenced gun and holding it gently in both hands . |
| 5 | Now , as the cold winds blow in New England , our transatlantic chums in Citizens seem to be doing a repeat act , picking up the odd dime or at least two Five Cents , Plymouth Five Cents and Boston Five Cents . |
| 6 | She was having to repeat herself , and even then Lucy was picking up the wrong costume or completely mistaking what had been said . |
| 7 | Little boys of seven , bandy-legged as old men expertly running for cover , little girls of five or six remembering , more often than not , to pick up the new baby and last year 's baby , to grab the two-year-old , the three-year-old before they ran off too . |
| 8 | Mr are you going to pick up the first point and then Mr . |
| 9 | Pepita began to pick up the fallen bananas and place them back in their crate . |
| 10 | This is another good reason for working samples before starting the actual garment , you will be able to tell whether you need to pick up the laddered stitches or not and that can make a big difference to the overall tension . |
| 11 | While he was speaking , Emily tried to pick up the incriminating letter and slip it into her bag , but Marcus stopped her . |
| 12 | It is surprisingly easy to pick up the physical tension and the negative emotions of others if you are at all sensitive . |
| 13 | ‘ Scurrying round to pick up the few crumbs that fall from the table ? ’ |
| 14 | Yanto realised he might well have to make a special journey to pick up the old man if Julie happened to be out . |
| 15 | So you know what this is a measure of it 's not a measure of anything it does n't mean that one group 's done better than the others it just means that 's the way it 's been measured the work that they 've done has been measured by another group which is n't good or bad it 's just hopefully picking out the important criteria and applying them to the work that we 've done and the notes we 've produced and the way we 've marked other people 's . |
| 16 | David , aged nine , empties our bin in the yard to pick out the salvageable items before he crams the rest into a sack to take to the dump . |
| 17 | There 's no music policy beyond the basic house/garage starting point , but Sasha , taking over at about 5am , continues a mission to pick out the beautiful kick and rush in techno and its derivatives . |
| 18 | All the theories that we examine have variations and we shall be concerned to pick out the main themes that the different interpretations of these theories have in common . |
| 19 | Pick up the round stones and press fire until a block of the house appears , then get some more round stones and repeat the process . |
| 20 | This consisted mainly of shutting them in and leaving them be — go in sometime after midnight perhaps , switch off the TV , unplug the Commodore , pick up the comic books and rearrange the covers , but that was about it . |
| 21 | ‘ Tunney , ’ said a female voice , tiny but shouting , ‘ Tunney , pick up the damned phone if you 're there . |
| 22 | When his pager bleeps , the members of staff being contacted picks up the nearest telephone and dials a prearranged number , such as the reception desk . |
| 23 | The embroidery-edged bed linen picks up the delicate decoration as does the appliqué bedcover , while the plain brown walls add warmth and lend a strong contrast . |
| 24 | The microphone picks up the surrounding sounds and feeds them to the amplifier . |
| 25 | A subjective camera , filming through goggles , picks out the inane faces and soundless mouths of his elders as he descends to the bottom of the pool where he stands silently and alone , away from the pestering people above . |
| 26 | The task of ordering the Church 's worship is too awesome to be left to chance , either in the hope that the person responsible for it will pick up the necessary skills or in the belief that it can be done by anyone . |
| 27 | We designed a new machine that could pick up the in-can system and position it within the can , without damage . |
| 28 | Most people , when they went out at night or approached another village , carried a stick or a handful of stones ; if one or two dogs in a pack had been wounded the others would pick up the aggressive intention and drop back sullenly . |
| 29 | Lisa had been fully occupied explaining to a rather elderly lady why she could n't pick out the exact blooms that were to be delivered to her daughter-in-law in New Zealand . |
| 30 | Then he picked up the internal phone and pressed a button . |