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

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1 ‘ If the middle tier marketed themselves better , they could pick up a lot of business . ’
2 His sentence was terminated when Sahara officials bailed him out and said they would pick up the tab for the room but he would have to pay for his food and drink himself .
3 Always read your press releases through very carefully , possibly get somebody else to read them through , because they will pick up the spelling mistakes , the grammatical mistakes , the punctuation errors , and they will see , when they get to the end , and say , ‘ But you have n't told us when it is . ’
4 They 've got a device that sings harmonies now — next the bloody things will be writing songs for us , no doubt sponsored by Pepsi , or Coke so that they can pick up the publishing .
5 Unfortunately when other divisions come and use it they seem to think they can pick up the caravan and there 'll be a wonderful display in there
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