Example sentences of "[noun pl] to pick up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talk about playing golf while Rome burns ; just leave the canny Scots to pick up the bargains . |
| 2 | That changes how women feel about themselves and generates a web of activities to pick up the pieces kept hidden when pain is kept private . |
| 3 | GPs also complain , quite rightly , that hospital staff making , for example , discharge plans for a group of patients to a new home or hostel sometimes neglect to discuss the plans with the primary care team — normally the local general practice together with its team of doctors , nurses and other specialists — yet expect the GPs to pick up the pieces when something goes wrong . |
| 4 | You may need to use tweezers to pick up the pieces and position them on your egg . |
| 5 | The Kremlin Armoury and the Hermitage sent their trucks to pick up the shipments at customs , and to make the rounds in their respective cities . |