Example sentences of "pick up at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The base was picked up at a second-hand store , and the crimson cotton shade came from Habitat . |
| 2 | I myself found at the entrance of one of them a small neatly-worked tomahawk , of an inch and a half in length , together with some slips of blue cotton rags , which the birds had doubtless picked up at a deserted encampment of the natives . ’ |
| 3 | Most of the cost will at first be picked up at the federal level , but the BMFT will gradually reduce its share of financial support over the eight years . |
| 4 | An emissary from London to St Petersburg was picked up at the imperial frontier and a large number of compromising letters fell into the hands of tsarist investigators . |
| 5 | The phone was picked up at the other end and Charles pressed his two p into the coinbox . |
| 6 | Well you 've got another two or three hours on the journey , but having said tha well if you get picked up at the other end it 's not too bad . |
| 7 | David Ormerod , a geology lecturer at the Open University , has been held in Oradea , Romania , for the past three days , after being picked up at the main crossing point into Hungary . |
| 8 | ‘ But my advice is not to panic and to wait and see how many tickets can be picked up at the last minute . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We do n't like the term price war because that implies that these holidays are the type of bargain basement deal you pick up at the last minute . |
| 10 | The arrangements have been made so as to enable spectators to be SET DOWN AND PICKED UP AT THE SAME POINT in a city unfamiliar to them . |