Example sentences of "[vb infin] to pick up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr do you want to pick up a point ? |
| 2 | The captain showed them a rough map drawn crudely on tough , brown vellum and with a stubby finger and guttural comments pointed out the coastline of Fife , the manor of Kinghorn and the possible place where the French could dock to pick up a party from the beach . |
| 3 | It can expect to pick up a lot of support both from mainstream Solidarity and from the squabbling peasants ' parties . |
| 4 | Er , and I would like to pick up a unit after every half term but around that , you know , somewhere along get them into something really tangible |
| 5 | Now , erm , yes , I 'd like to pick up a comment made by the Director , erm , he said quite rightly that the prevention factor is really out of the window as far as the budget is concerned , and pro as far as operations are concerned . |
| 6 | Other regions , which did not happen to pick up a rotation , would become oval-shaped objects called elliptical galaxies . |
| 7 | For Jackie I 'll try to pick up a paperback book . |