Example sentences of "[noun pl] pick [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have any views pick up the phone and call me now . |
| 2 | I am careful not to leave even the smallest scrap of yarn lying around as mother birds pick up the pieces and use them for lining their nests . |
| 3 | The sensors pick up the change which is then fed back directly to alter the temperature or some other variable . |
| 4 | Drawing a field means that the hounds are guided by the huntsmen and whippers-in across the field until the hounds pick up the scent of a hare . |
| 5 | Acads pick up the pieces as GH-K start to fall apart at the seams |
| 6 | This draws together large courtship parties , at which the females pick out the mates they prefer . |
| 7 | Children pick up the eggs from contaminated food or pets , and the worms hatch out at night . |
| 8 | 4 The work of artist Ilana Richardson evokes the intense colour the Mediterranean where cobalt-blue shutters pick out the windows of white-washed houses . |
| 9 | Hearing-aids pick up the clatter of dishes and swoosh of running water , which compete with speech reception . |