Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] pick up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er we did we were gon na raise a point on that the clash of the regulatory rules and the producery duty of under trust law , you know and I I think there you know there there was a comment that that I picked up with Professor Gower you know in his report which I think where he said the Government obviously have greater confidence than I in reliance on pristine trust law in relation to modern commercial developments such as unit trusts and occupational pension schemes , which its founding fathers never contemplated . |
| 2 | One after another I picked up other stones and began to marvel at the diversity and beauty of them , that I had never noticed before . |
| 3 | In doing this they pick up and swallow mud , gravel and other matter . |
| 4 | Only to be quite honest I pick up some stuff and mainly now the basics we get free . |
| 5 | It 's amazing how much we pick up just from listening to someone on the telephone , and of course when you ca n't see them , so you have n't got any visual clues as to what they might be like , what you hear becomes all important . |
| 6 | Erm , I 'd like to , I 'm glad you picked up the children looked after by the local authority , but what bothers me is the children in families that are causing concern rather than for those that are actually erm , in care . |
| 7 | erm as , as I 'm sure you picked up . |
| 8 | After all we picked up Williams Deacon 's , Glyn Mills ( including Childs and Holts ) and Drummonds Bank . |
| 9 | First of all he picked up my clubs , pronounced them useless and advised me to sell them forthwith . |
| 10 | Intermediate wringing during the drying stage speeds up the process , as mop absorption rates vary in that the more water a mop holds the slower it picks up more water . |
| 11 | And with that he picked up his pen and returned to his paperwork , dismissing her . |
| 12 | After that it picked up for a while , and we looked quite sharp again . |
| 13 | there 's no question about it , you were very good and I , I 'm amazed I picked up these things . |
| 14 | In section 2.6 we pick up these theories again and examine what they have to say about the shifts currently under way in British manufacturing and its geography . |
| 15 | In 1983 he picked up his first ( and only ) Formula One world championship point in a Theodore-Ford in the United States Grand Prix ( West ) at Long Beach when he finished sixth . |
| 16 | Halfway through a d-i-y job , when you reach for a screwdriver , do you always seem to find the right tip and size on the last you pick up ? |
| 17 | Next he picks up a large flat stone and , holding it overhead , mutters a prayer and smashes the skull , twice . |