Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] pick [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I can take out a £420 loan and have ten years to pay it back , I 'll just pick up the cheque and go out and get ratted , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I 'll just pick up the phone and , how 'll I begin ? |
| 3 | And unless the city knows that it 's hopeless , they might simply pick up the whole war again . |
| 4 | ‘ It is unlikely that we would sue the government — in fact , we might even pick up a few extra funds on the back of theirs . |
| 5 | He would be treated to the kind of service his carrier is struggling to achieve and might even pick up a few tips on how an airline should be run . |
| 6 | At the same time they might even pick up a few tips from Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram instead of trying to put them down . |
| 7 | There were only 500,000 TV sets ( 1957 ( and 50 per cent of Frenchmen could not pick up the one black-and-white channel : but politicians perceived the potential of what was to become — under de Gaulle — a mass medium . |
| 8 | When I turned I saw a long patch of the fluorescent dye that the Germans carried staining the sea a light yellow-green but could not pick out the pilot . |
| 9 | The TV commentator was excitedly describing the drama , but although she strained to hear she could not pick out the name of the victim . |
| 10 | If you could just pick up a load of scrap iron and shove it on the bill under metalwork you would n't be turning up your nose at the subject . |
| 11 | G Chairman , if I could just pick up a deliberate accuracy rather than |
| 12 | If I could just pick up the point you made Councillor , I think that at the A C C discussions , there was a great deal of cognition and understanding of the need to consult with staff side , in the run up to the beginning of formal consultations . |
| 13 | He was n't blocking anything , and at the end of the alley was the street ; he 'd probably pick up a ticket between now and the time of the meeting , but that would be a small price to pay for the convenience of having less than a couple of hundred yards to drag her . |
| 14 | And the 38-year-old Avon rider could also pick up a fourth team medal , with the British quartet poised to win the title for the fifth time on the trot . |
| 15 | and he would be only able to pick out a lot of the basic words , he could probably pick out the beginning of appreciation |
| 16 | We had about fifteen minutes to go , and decided to try to continue to Viseu , since we could now pick up the VOR , and therefore find our way back to Vila Real if we had to . |
| 17 | and could n't pick up the sodding two . |
| 18 | What about in rounders when you could n't pick up the ball . |
| 19 | Lisa had been fully occupied explaining to a rather elderly lady why she could n't pick out the exact blooms that were to be delivered to her daughter-in-law in New Zealand . |
| 20 | He could even pick out the dots of furze bushes and stunted yew trees on the steep slopes . |
| 21 | Although it was murky , she felt she could almost pick out the silhouettes of other buildings up there , as if they were constructed on the inside of the dome itself . |
| 22 | When we got to the pub my hands were so swollen and red from picking up the jug and throwing it all day I could barely pick up a pint to drink . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps she could actually pick out a suitable house and rob it ? |
| 24 | If your technique is delivered after the referee called for a halt , then as well as not scoring you may also pick up a penalty . |
| 25 | May well pick up the bit of pa a paper . |
| 26 | I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two . |
| 27 | For example , if at P the parcel had no motion in the east-west direction across the planet 's surface and the planet 's axial rotation is prograde then it will pick up motion across the grid towards the east , and in moving northwards will end up for example at Q. If it were in the southern hemisphere and moved southward it would also pick up an eastwards movement . |
| 28 | No doubt a research project to assess the increase of acidity by rain by heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) would also pick up the effect of accumulated dust . |
| 29 | She waited for three rings , but she knew that Hugh would n't pick up a machine that might buzz and shout ‘ Pronto ! ’ at him . |
| 30 | He would n't pick up the tab for anyone else . |