Example sentences of "[adv] pick [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only pick up the linguistic crumbs . |
| 2 | From a general mass of information I can usually pick out the precise thing I 'm looking for |
| 3 | And unless the city knows that it 's hopeless , they might simply pick up the whole war again . |
| 4 | And further west in the village of Swalcliffe , you can even pick out the same grave-stones from the original shot , while over the road opposite the church , the only change is the conversion of the cottage on the right into a pub . |
| 5 | Most were confident that his military and political genius would once again pick out the correct moment for the decisive blow against Britain , and had no inkling in autumn 1940 that ‘ Operation Sealion ’ had been postponed indefinitely . |