Example sentences of "[prep] picking up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After he was pulled out of the tour following a four-match ban and then seeing Wakefield 's Michael Jackson make the trip after picking up a similar suspension , Goulding probably feels there 's a vendetta against him . |
| 2 | YOUNG riding sensation Adrian Maguire will miss Cheltenham 's prestige Mackeson Gold Cup meeting after picking up a four-day whip ban at Wincanton yesterday . |
| 3 | Edinburgh Southern 's Elliot Bunney was less happy with his form in the 60m , finishing fifth and third Briton ( behind Jason John , 6.73sec , and Jason Fergus , 6.79 ) , in 6.83 after picking up a false start . |
| 4 | The rock-hard defender had expected to be kicking his heels at the start of next season after picking up a lengthy suspension a month ago . |
| 5 | A HOUSING committee chairman said his council was ‘ greedy for awards ’ after picking up a top prize yesterday . |
| 6 | A HOTEL owner is celebrating after picking up a top award . |
| 7 | The DUP was in better form , after picking up an extra seat on the Waterside with the election of Bill Irwin . |
| 8 | Goalkeeper Bolder off his line , punched away only to Andy Melville on the edge of the penalty area ; Melville ran forward after picking up the loose ball , hammered it forward , Martin Foyle getting the last touch of the ball into the corner of the net , and United now seemingly pushing forward towards three points . |
| 9 | Things have been quiet … no messages for 24 hours after picking up the 49 that were waiting yesterday . |
| 10 | For long-range fishing you can do without the elasticity , for picking up a long length of line and planting a hook is difficult enough without any ‘ give ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ It was bad luck on Darryll Holland , who probably would have been riding here but for picking up a four-day suspension . |
| 12 | ‘ Being used as cheap labour to break Alejandro 's ponies , ’ said Luke , taking Perdita 's suitcases from her , ‘ in return for picking up a few tips from the master . ’ |
| 13 | In this land of the lawyer , there is no more appropriate place for picking up the social , business and political threads of the city than a spectacle viewed from the public benches of a federal court . |
| 14 | The price to pay for picking up the public asset should be respect for the pension rights of the public company employees . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe the best way of putting it is that if you were abroad and on the town , Con would find a licensed brothel where the girls all had health checks , while the riff-raff might sometimes take the risk of picking up a likely-looking tart in a bar . |
| 16 | So again , erm a way of picking up a few marks , quite a few . |
| 17 | The chances of picking up a smaller prize are much greater . |
| 18 | Your camcorder 's microphone will no doubt do a first-rate job of picking up the general sound atmosphere , or ambience . |
| 19 | The reception had told her the Scottish Football team were residents in the hotel which increased her hopes of picking up the odd tip in order to ease her way through University . |
| 20 | At present , truckers can take a load from one country to another but face obstacles , as do airlines , in picking up a second load to take on to a third country . |
| 21 | No harm in picking up the extra dough , so long as I was doing my client 's work at the same time . ’ |
| 22 | There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way . |
| 23 | MELROSE , this season 's Scottish champions , added the Border League trophy to their collection last night by picking up the two points they needed under the floodlights at Mansfield Park . |
| 24 | At the same time you bleep the missing swimming pool attendant who responds by picking up the nearest intercom substation handset allowing you to issue instructions directly , all within a matter of seconds rather than minutes . |
| 25 | Because i it is assumed management is learned by picking up the bad habits of your predecessor and their predecessors for the last five hundred years . |