Example sentences of "[noun sg] to pick up the [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | He made a move to pick up the bucket but saw Alexandra 's glance in time and withdrew his hand unhappily . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The study walls are a rich red to pick up the burgundy of the tapestry curtains . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A final chance to pick up the kind of luxuries not often seen on sale nowadays . |
| 10 | They were concerned at the failure of the surveyor to pick up the problem , and at the cost and difficulty of seeking redress . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Leading his daughter , he reiterated his promise to come in after morning surgery to pick up the squirrel and return the cage later , and when the door closed Sophie turned to Joanna . |
| 14 | Smack , smack and you end up going to school to pick up the wreckage anyway . |
| 15 | As this trip was taking much longer than planned , due to many orbits and several beautiful parts of the coastline flown as slowly as possible , we expedited lunch , and were soon airborne heading north to pick up the coast again . |
| 16 | I challenged the Minister to pick up the telephone and ask the Secretary of State for Defence to say that those houses in Naylor road , Swindon , must now be transferred to the ownership or management of a housing association or the local authority . |
| 17 | In other words , limited liability is an incentive for management to play for high stakes and allow the general public to pick up the bill . |
| 18 | As usual , Maria Grazia answered and then yelled to his mother to pick up the extension phone by her chair , in the deep underwater gloom of the living room . |
| 19 | ‘ Maybe I will have some booze , ’ she said , and crossed to the table to pick up the bottle . |
| 20 | ‘ Could it be the same person who goes to the house to pick up the post ? ’ |
| 21 | If she was put into skischool for half a day then one adult had to forgo any skiing for that period , since after delivering the child to the skischool meeting place in the centre of the village the travelling time to the slopes was too long to be able to go up , ski and be back down in time to pick up the child from the skischool in the centre of the village again at the end of her lesson . |
| 22 | She moved her torso without breaking the union , and stretched her arm to pick up the phone . |