Example sentences of "[pers pn] pick up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't write much this time because I 'm so near to coming home that my hand shakes every time I pick up a pen . |
| 2 | This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary . |
| 3 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 4 | ‘ I pick up the pencil , put it back , climb into the trunk of the car and you drive me to see the boy . |
| 5 | go I pick up the accent . |
| 6 | I pick up the phone . |
| 7 | I pick up the phone again and dial the Home Office . |
| 8 | I pick up the bike and return it to the shed . |
| 9 | Instead , I pick up the clock on it and I see it is half-past six . |
| 10 | I pick up the gun and pocket it . |
| 11 | I pick up the receiver . |
| 12 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 13 | I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet . |
| 14 | I pick up the paper and think about my father 's Social Security card sitting on my desk at home . |
| 15 | I pick up the cards and deal a circle for Clock Patience . |
| 16 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 17 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |
| 18 | In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket . |
| 19 | The most common reason for a biomusical is opportunism : take a star like Judy Garland or John Lennon , and you pick up a hit title and a hit score ready-made . |
| 20 | If you pick up a sea cucumber , do so with care , for they have an extravagant way of defending themselves . |
| 21 | It 's nice when you pick up a guitar , knowing it to be a company 's idea of what a first electric should be like , and finding that they 've got it just about right . |
| 22 | I do n't trust you and I shall be breathing down your neck next time you pick up a phone . ’ |
| 23 | So what you 're saying is then , you like the idea of every time you pick up a phone you make , you earn a pound . |
| 24 | O K , you pick up a bonus for that , anybody else on the team come up with something positive about unit linking that 'll make me say , yes , I like this one ? |
| 25 | If you pick up a handful of ordinary package brochures , America will be there : Crystal , Inghams , Intasun , Neilson and Thomson all have new or expanded American programmes . |
| 26 | If , having read this , you pick up a magazine targeted at younger teenagers — for example , one of the pop music or video games magazines — the layout is so ‘ reader-unfriendly ’ that it seems clear that the criteria for ‘ correctness ’ in a layout need , at least , some re-evaluation for this target audience . |
| 27 | The most important pre-flight check is to ensure that you pick up the handles so that right and left align with the correct bridles . |
| 28 | You may also have to pay an extra charge if you take equipment back with more damage than when you took it out ( make sure any damage is recorded when you pick up the goods ) and if the equipment is so dirty that it requires cleaning . |
| 29 | That 's right , yes , every time you answer the telephone for an external call , when you pick up the telephone , you are representing Oxford University Press , it does n't matter who you are , and it does n't matter where you are , it does n't matter whether you 're in Eynsham , in Walton Street , in Corby , anywhere . |
| 30 | You pick up the dish and . |