Example sentences of "[adv] pick [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |
| 2 | In many companies the normal management accounting system will only pick up a currency exposure when the sales entry has been made and by that time adverse currency fluctuations could have eroded or wiped out the profit margin . |
| 3 | I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two . |
| 4 | Annie Lennox 's first solo LP Diva ( an ironic title , she claims ) will comfortably pick up the Eurythmics ' many fans , but to me its high-quality designer soul has a sterile scent . |
| 5 | If you could just pick up a load of scrap iron and shove it on the bill under metalwork you would n't be turning up your nose at the subject . |
| 6 | Have you ever wanted to just pick up a Telecaster and rock out ? |
| 7 | You could n't just pick up the phone at any time you liked . |
| 8 | I 'll just pick up the phone and , how 'll I begin ? |
| 9 | ‘ If I can take out a £420 loan and have ten years to pay it back , I 'll just pick up the cheque and go out and get ratted , ’ he said . |
| 10 | If I could just pick up the point you made Councillor , I think that at the A C C discussions , there was a great deal of cognition and understanding of the need to consult with staff side , in the run up to the beginning of formal consultations . |
| 11 | This simple method avoids having to laboriously pick up the worms one by one . |
| 12 | I could so easily pick up a drink . |
| 13 | I 'm just frightened because I could so easily pick up a drink . |
| 14 | He told Granada TV 's This Morning show : ‘ I 'm just frightened because , God , I could so easily pick up a drink . |
| 15 | A major advantage of deck shoes is their price — you can easily pick up a pair for a fiver . |
| 16 | I can usually pick up a ball with one hand , but as I was laying over the ball , I had to use both hands to pick it up , and already a Cardiff forward was rushing down on me . |
| 17 | He 's got this little kit , but there are hardly any mics there , and the low-decibel La 's style means that you can directly pick up every collision between muscle and wood and steel . |
| 18 | Why do n't you ever pick up the freebie papers ? |
| 19 | If your technique is delivered after the referee called for a halt , then as well as not scoring you may also pick up a penalty . |
| 20 | No doubt a research project to assess the increase of acidity by rain by heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) would also pick up the effect of accumulated dust . |
| 21 | He was n't blocking anything , and at the end of the alley was the street ; he 'd probably pick up a ticket between now and the time of the meeting , but that would be a small price to pay for the convenience of having less than a couple of hundred yards to drag her . |
| 22 | and he would be only able to pick out a lot of the basic words , he could probably pick out the beginning of appreciation |
| 23 | Then came the time to really pick up the slack once more . |
| 24 | The price has dropped considerably and you can now pick up a 2″ specimen for £40 . |
| 25 | We had about fifteen minutes to go , and decided to try to continue to Viseu , since we could now pick up the VOR , and therefore find our way back to Vila Real if we had to . |
| 26 | The latest grab , the BBG 46 , will now pick up the bales in either direction , allowing the operator to cross stack them for safer transport and storage . |
| 27 | He could even pick out the dots of furze bushes and stunted yew trees on the steep slopes . |
| 28 | Well seeing as this is working I might as well pick up the headphones is n't it . |
| 29 | May well pick up the bit of pa a paper . |
| 30 | They are beginning to let more and more hotel-type contracts , which makes sense — if we 've got a lot of senior management on a big site , they might as well pick up the housekeeping as well . ’ |