Example sentences of "pick up the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Detective-Sergeant 's keen ears had picked up the dripping tap in the bathroom . |
| 2 | as if to prove it , our green-fingered experts have again picked up the top prizes in Aberdeen district council 's gardening competition . |
| 3 | The reception had told her the Scottish Football team were residents in the hotel which increased her hopes of picking up the odd tip in order to ease her way through University . |
| 4 | But the red bitch chose that same day to pick up the remaining puppy in her teeth and carry it by the scruff of the neck up the ladder and into the house . |
| 5 | Thus we may write , where t is a random , serially independent variable designed to pick up the random movements in the risk premium . |
| 6 | There they pick up the little grubs in their jaws and carry them back to the building site . |
| 7 | The British Lions were amused to read of the plight of referee Steve McNally when they picked up the local paper in Paihia before the first match of their New Zealand tour . |