Example sentences of "he [modal v] pick up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 2 | If only he could pick up the rock and hurl it , defiantly , to reciprocate the violence with such a true aim , that it would smash whatever the chosen target . |
| 3 | He could pick up the fear . |
| 4 | José informed us in perfect English that he would pick up the sail in the morning and deliver it , completely repaired , by that afternoon . |
| 5 | Then he would pick up the silver hair-brush and groom her hair in slow strokes from its dark roots to its glowing auburn ends . |
| 6 | ‘ Obviously , he 's a big man and we can bang the ball up to him so he can pick up the crumbs . |
| 7 | The ball over the top , the low firm crosses driven in so that he can pick up the pieces . |