Example sentences of "had [adv] pick up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soldiers had since picked up the habit of wine-drinking in France during the war and upon returning to England had educated the middle classes , further increasing the popularity of Champagne in the immediate post-war years . |
| 2 | He had foolishly picked up the trolleys from a nearby supermarket and threw them . |
| 3 | Fairbrother had not picked up the emphasis in that suggestion , and Richard decided to let it go . |
| 4 | Irina however had not picked up the seriousness of his last words . |
| 5 | A radio ham called Tony and an ambulance driver who had just picked up a man with bandaged fingers who was suffering from exposure . |
| 6 | ’ It had just picked up the muzak . |
| 7 | Stevie , sensitive man that he was , had also picked up the atmosphere , Chris 's unusual silence and the way they avoided looking at each other . |
| 8 | Morse had immediately picked up a copy of The Times , and proceeded to hold this newspaper like a crusader flaunting his emblazoned shield as he 'd stood beside Hodges at the check-out . |
| 9 | It might have continued like this indefinitely if I had n't picked up a copy of the Kensington News , a paper Daphne took so she could find out what was showing at the local picture house . |
| 10 | This time she had n't picked up the thread automatically . |