Example sentences of "[noun sg] to pick up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bank had arranged for a four-wheeler to pick up the messenger , round the back of the building . |
| 2 | Ruth moaned as she staggered out of her bedroom to pick up the phone . |
| 3 | JUNE 16 : Today I visited the Department of Trade and Industry , where I had the opportunity to pick up a copy of The Personal Protective Equipment Directive ( Directive 89/686/EEC ) , which as a every single-market fan will know , cam into force on July 1 , 1992 . |
| 4 | To pick up a well they come here one afternoon to pick up a car . |
| 5 | And he had no hesitation in going back to St James ' Park to pick up the 24-year-old , who has been out of favour with the First Division leaders since the arrival of former Pompey star John Beresford in the summer . |
| 6 | Alan Smith ( Thornaby ) beat the 70-string field ledgering bread to pick up a trio of chub totalling 7.12.0 from the willows on the buff length . |
| 7 | In this case it may be by asking the child to pick up a toy , being ignored , then compelling him or her to pick it up by physical guidance then putting the child out of the room and leaving him when the inevitable tantrum occurs . |
| 8 | Perhaps the accidental resemblance of a video in its box to a book in its dust-jacket will lead a child to pick up a book by mistake , thinking it to be a video , and start reading . |
| 9 | He made a move to pick up the bucket but saw Alexandra 's glance in time and withdrew his hand unhappily . |
| 10 | She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this . |
| 11 | I could n't wait to finish at the studio that day so I could slip down the record shop to pick up a copy , and several months later I still have n't stopped playing it . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm just popping into town to pick up a parcel from the station . |
| 13 | The Chelsea Flower Show is probably not the most obvious place to pick up a bargain — lead lions rampant and Medici urns atop Corinthian columns must cost more than the Governor of the Bank of England earns in a week to transport there , let alone purchase . |
| 14 | Strangely enough , for all of its up-market chic , Nuremberg has a name amongst Bavarians as THE place to pick up a bargain . |
| 15 | From the Brigadier 's office the Captain telephoned Maxwell at the Excelsior , sending Bacci through to the communicating duty room to pick up the phone there . |
| 16 | The Webbs ' failure to pick up the proposal would have been forgivable but for one thing ; and that is their criticism of his failure to comprehend before they were born their theory of rent — a theory which , whatever might be its academic merits , provided no practical help to Governments . |
| 17 | That Bob Mould six-string assault is one which must have encouraged more than one listener to pick up a guitar . |
| 18 | A growing trend in North America is for parents to pay a laundry service to pick up a bucket each day . |
| 19 | The study walls are a rich red to pick up the burgundy of the tapestry curtains . |
| 20 | Cyril Reenan , 70 , who used a radio scanner to pick up the call , told a newspaper : ‘ Knowing what I do now , I think I would have tried to warn Diana her conversations were being overheard . |
| 21 | A final chance to pick up the kind of luxuries not often seen on sale nowadays . |
| 22 | They were concerned at the failure of the surveyor to pick up the problem , and at the cost and difficulty of seeking redress . |
| 23 | In a fog I crawled out of bed to pick up a blanket which had fallen on the floor , and as I did so I glanced through into the living room and made out , in the darkness , Changez Lying on his camp-bed watching me . |
| 24 | But she has no inclination to pick up a banner and protest about it . |
| 25 | Nor , more modestly , does it provide any reason why the Treasury , responsible for the ultimate public obligation to pick up the bill for public bodies which can not be allowed to default , should exercise a prudential interest in its performance . |
| 26 | He , they were late to bed I 'd had them erm round at the shops and then er er Queensway , then the shopping centre to pick up a card for for Chris . |
| 27 | She was wearing a dark tracksuit and was smiling warmly , as if she had simply stopped on her way to the solarium to pick up a neighbour . |
| 28 | Visitors should not be put off by the modern appearance of this roof , nor by the notice on the gate to the abbey field which indicates a slight trek back along the lane to Abbey Farm to pick up the key to view St Leonard 's Church , Kirkstead . |
| 29 | ‘ No lass , I 'm on my way to pick up a radiator . |
| 30 | BNFL News editor said : ‘ The dispensers will be placed so that no one will have to go out of their way to pick up a copy and they will be topped up regularly . |