Example sentences of "he [modal v] pick up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He might pick up a truth or two perhaps from servants or villagers of the Old Baron 's generation . ’
2 Though he could pick up a bit on the stable management , if he 'd a mind .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 He could pick up the fear .
6 José informed us in perfect English that he would pick up the sail in the morning and deliver it , completely repaired , by that afternoon .
7 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 .
8 Now Mr. Lennis is turning them all into tramps , sending them all over the place wherever he can pick up a cargo .
9 ‘ Obviously , he 's a big man and we can bang the ball up to him so he can pick up the crumbs .
10 The ball over the top , the low firm crosses driven in so that he can pick up the pieces .
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