Example sentences of "[noun] picking up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has just broken one of his records deliberately and is on his knees picking up the pieces as he talks to himself . |
| 2 | Though still it has all the marks of makeshift industrialisation and decline , with municipalism picking up the pieces , building endless estates of council houses . |
| 3 | Fabia felt a nibble of excitement get to her as she ran a comb through her long golden hair , and even found that there were traces of a smile picking up the corners of her mouth . |
| 4 | Panic set in on the twelfth day when , after ‘ lifting ’ milk , a lorry picking up the churns stopped , the driver beckoning Harry . |
| 5 | My life fell apart , but he had no trouble picking up the pieces and forged ahead with a new woman . |
| 6 | Staff and councillors at the town hall have praised the generous efforts of the milkmen who will inevitably have to spend extra time picking up the gifts . |