Example sentences of "[noun prp] to pick up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting for Scott to pick up the telephone , Annabel could visualize the scene at the TV station . |
| 2 | Not very early , you can sleep in I 've got ta go to Waitrose to pick up the stuff . |
| 3 | Once those scenes had been completed , the carrier went back to North Island to pick up the replica aircraft and the two P–40s , and transported the entire group to Hawaii . |
| 4 | Kate bent over Nicandra to pick up the tray : ‘ And you did n't eat the half of it , ’ she said reproachfully . |
| 5 | Describing in today 's Sunday Times of Johannesburg how he found Stompie 's body in Mrs Mandela 's house , Morgan said : ‘ One morning I got to the house early and I was told by Winnie to pick up the dog and dump him . |
| 6 | Before the fighting started in 1948 , some Palestinians had even arranged to take a holiday in case of hostilities and had called at the Lebanese consulate in Palestine to pick up a visa for Beirut . |
| 7 | Even nipping into Boots to pick up a bottle of shampoo or popping into Woolworths for some pick 'n' mix can turn out to be a major sensory-assault course . |
| 8 | The sounds mingled in her mind with the harsh cries of the birds as she waited for Sybil to pick up the phone again . |
| 9 | Lizzy would be allowed to get away with blue murder while her father was around , it was always the same , then when he swanned off again , it would be left to Kate to pick up the pieces and get back some kind of equilibrium . |
| 10 | I wondered what inspired the young Phillips to pick up the guitar ? |
| 11 | Looking at the account books — the real ones , not the fabrications served up to the Poles and the League of Nations — it was clear that Danzig 's projected budget for 1934–5 would run at a deficit of over 44 million gulden , which , when added to the employment projects the Nazis needed to keep their supporters in Danzig happy and faithful , would leave the Reichsbank to pick up a bill of over 110 million marks . |
| 12 | It was Mellor , as junior Home Office Minister , who was left by Mrs Thatcher to pick up the pieces when the last government went badly over the top in its determination to reshape television by deregulation , irrespective of quality . |