Example sentences of "pick up [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once it was finished we went outside and swept round the entire barrack block in an extended line , picking up litter from the damp grass . |
| 2 | In view of the fact that eye testing is important in picking up illness in the elderly and that we are in the business of preventive medicine rather than treating illnesses when they occur , will my hon. Friend keep an open mind ? |
| 3 | It is , however , still very easy to pick up tufa from the latter on the coast of East Africa , to which it took 6 months to float across the Indian Ocean . |
| 4 | And , according to Mrs Aitken , Jake had no objections , so arrangements were made for Carol 's parents to pick up Kirsty on the appointed day . |
| 5 | It 's a thankless task then , because despite having become the most successful band of the time , you pick up flak for the next album not working commercially . |
| 6 | She picks up speed in the late evening , after most of the passengers have eaten . |
| 7 | Last year , it acquired the small Abbots and Sussex dairies , also based in the south , and in January picked up part of the Co-operative Wholesale Society 's milk distribution business . |
| 8 | As they picked up speed along the main tarmac road it was already 3 a.m . |