Example sentences of "pick up [prep] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	I sent her a brochure I had picked up at a travel agent , together with a bouquet of roses and a letter .
2	I could either meet him near there or he 'd have me picked up as a material witness and see how I enjoyed sharing a cell with Jack Scamp .
3	It is worth noting that although the children produced passages which facilitated greater learning , the changes which they made were not necessarily ones which would be picked up by a readability formula .
4	His choice of words , perhaps , was unfortunate , especially as they were picked up by a TV microphone and broadcast clearly to the nations .
5	Within minutes he had been picked up by a patrol car on the M5 in Gloucestershire .
6	I was picked up by a taxi driver once and we were going along and he said , ‘ Oh , I know that voice — oh , do n't tell me — you 're Jeremy Pascal , are n't you ? ’
7	He was picked up by a rescue boat , but onlookers say THAT craft was then involved in a second accident .
8	Expedition organisers confirmed the two men had arrived safely at the Patriot Hills base on the Chilean side of the Antarctic after being picked up by a rescue plane .
9	•The letters and telephone calls were so numerous that Curtis Strange feels he owes golf fans an apology for an outburst of profanity , inadvertently picked up by a television microphone during an American event this summer .
10	Left : This quirky medley of feathers , birds ' eggs , driftwood and skulls shows how even objects you might pick up on a country walk can make attractive — as well as interesting — displays
11	It was beautiful , an antique that we picked up at a flea market in Bath .
12	As she said , for someone who was so lonely to be able to come to the studio at five o'clock every morning — picked up in a studio car , Ken had decided long ago he would never drive — and then play a very strong character , was worthy of that respect too .

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