Example sentences of "pick up on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was picked up on the fourth ring by an answerphone . |
| 2 | Picking up on the head maltster 's request for co-operation in Audience , Pryce-Jones wrote , ‘ Will Ferdinand help , and kindly inform on himself ? |
| 3 | This Spotlight reports on a survey of 94 adults ( defined as people aged 20 or over ) who fell into this category and looks at what — if anything — providers might do to pick up on the original expression of interest . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Major Tzann could not help but pick up on the missing contriteness . |
| 6 | I can soon pick up on the current contacts , get a good team together . ’ |
| 7 | Right , I 'll , what I 'll do I 'll try and pick up on the local electrician or something . |
| 8 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |
| 9 | He picked up on the young man 's unease , he recalled his own unlicensed ranting , he sensed the quarryman 's fear of him . |
| 10 | So was it very surprising that I picked up on the African presence moving around the island ? |
| 11 | you just like the idea of bacon cooking you picked up on the same idea . |