Example sentences of "[prep] picking up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Things have been quiet … no messages for 24 hours after picking up the 49 that were waiting yesterday . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The price to pay for picking up the public asset should be respect for the pension rights of the public company employees . |
| 5 | Your camcorder 's microphone will no doubt do a first-rate job of picking up the general sound atmosphere , or ambience . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | No harm in picking up the extra dough , so long as I was doing my client 's work at the same time . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |