Example sentences of "be pick up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The returning echoes are believed to be picked up through the fatty interior of the lower jaw .
2 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 .
3 ‘ But my advice is not to panic and to wait and see how many tickets can be picked up at the last minute . ’
4 It stands in splendid isolation near the moorland road to Bowes and it was there that merchants and farmers would leave butter eggs and other foodstuffs to be picked up by the afflicted .
5 This philosophy of helping elderly people return to or stay in their own or small-scale homes will be picked up by the new centres .
6 Any ferret can carry the transmitting device that provides the signal to be picked up by the hand-held locator .
7 Already re-invented by top international designers , the short skirt will undoubtedly be picked up by the high street stores , and once again start to look new .
8 Already re-invented by top international designers , the short skirt will undoubtedly be picked up by the high street stores , and once again start to look new .
9 The save_set will then be picked up by the next incremental backup .
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