Example sentences of "pick up a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is partly because Labour has picked up a mood of unease about the city among its residents , fearful of Frankfurt taking over its role as Europe 's financial capital , and jealous of Paris 's self-confidence and infrastructure . |
| 2 | I had picked up a bit of surgery from him , of course , so here I am . |
| 3 | Jay had picked up a pattern of sleeplessness over the last five months . |
| 4 | At the other end of the scale , however , our machines have picked up a host of animal noises at frequencies above the range of our ears , called ultrasound . |
| 5 | Picking up a sheet of paper , she casually unfolded it , and then gave an exclamation . |
| 6 | He crouched , and picking up a handful of soil , rubbed it through his fingers . |
| 7 | PINCH TEST : This involves picking up a fold of skin ( on the horse 's neck ) between your forefinger and thumb , lifting it away from the neck , and then releasing it . |
| 8 | ‘ This is what we need , ’ Bryce said , picking up a carafe of water from the top of a chest of drawers . |
| 9 | And if there 's no money in it for me I 'm not gon na give priority to going picking up a piece of wood for a customer . |
| 10 | After dinner we would gossip , play cards or perhaps walk along the Dee , idly picking up a piece of driftwood here and there along the way . |
| 11 | Heather , from Stoke-on-Trent , says he was tricked into picking up a package of heroin by some Westerners he met in Bangkok . |
| 12 | She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this . |
| 13 | Even nipping into Boots to pick up a bottle of shampoo or popping into Woolworths for some pick 'n' mix can turn out to be a major sensory-assault course . |
| 14 | This is like just allowing children to pick up a bottle of poison , and leaving it in their hands as though it is a matter of no consequence to us whether or not they drink it . |
| 15 | I suspect that it would be cheaper to collect a tonne of rubbish in Lambeth on the basis of an annual sweep of the streets because , to pick up a tonne of rubbish there , one would hardly have to stir from the spot . |
| 16 | Head west to reach the head of a stream , Twrch Fechan , where the idea is to pick up a right of way travelling south-east to return to the walk starting point . |
| 17 | It can expect to pick up a lot of support both from mainstream Solidarity and from the squabbling peasants ' parties . |
| 18 | Perhaps the accidental resemblance of a video in its box to a book in its dust-jacket will lead a child to pick up a book by mistake , thinking it to be a video , and start reading . |
| 19 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 20 | You know the kind of thing I mean : the chickens dart into the mêlée , pick up a morsel of food , and then charge off to eat it in comparative quiet . |
| 21 | We say well pick up a bit of experience here |
| 22 | All he had to do was stroll down to Underwoods and pick up a bit of dynercaprol and potassium chloride . |
| 23 | One by one , punters disappear into the doorway , pick up a couple of dime bags of coke , and move off . |
| 24 | If you just pick up a sherd of pottery , okay , that really by itself ca n't tell you an awful lot . |
| 25 | Pick up a chunk of coal . |
| 26 | pick up a load of beer mats . |
| 27 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 28 | ‘ Pick up a piece of chicken and all the flavours of that dish are on that piece of chicken . |
| 29 | Yes , well these , all wasps of course , er tend to er hit the fruit juice at this time of the year , and that fruit juice is very often fermenting , and you get a particularly er waspish reaction , er naturally , when er somebody goes to pick up a fallen apple or windfall pear , and they pick up a handful of wasp , inadvertently , and I think this year , particularly with a shortage of water , more wasps of all species have been driven to attack fruit , er and are feeding on the er fruit juice , much of which is fermenting . |
| 30 | To help , just contact Sight Savers at 21 The Strand , Bromsgrove , Worcestershire B61 8AB ( tel : 0527 579226 ) or pick up a leaflet from Sound Control at 61 Jamaica Street , Glasgow G1 4NN for a sponsorship form , and then go along to either the Birmingham Town Hall on Sunday September the 20th between 2.00pm and 4.00pm , or our Scottish Music Show at the SECC in Glasgow at the same time . |