Example sentences of "pick up [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should say I hardly recognised him but scarcely is the word I have picked up in the strange places to which Sebastian and I have journeyed . |
| 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 1986 and 1987 figures show a rapid pick up for the larger firms in particular . |
| 6 | A good agency interviewer will look through it and pick up on the same gaps and discrepancies which will appear to the job interviewer but will not be looking with any one particular job in mind . |
| 7 | I can soon pick up on the current contacts , get a good team together . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |