Example sentences of "[noun] pick [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought you did n't like your German , are you a bit picked up on that then ? |
| 2 | This chapter picks up on the development of the FAOR methodology , examining the concluding phase where all the main components , including the SSM , were tested in the field as a final trial of the package as a whole . |
| 3 | The sit-down came on a day when Saints fans picked up on the ‘ Branfoot out ’ chants they began last season . |
| 4 | The barrister for the defendant picked up on this . |
| 5 | Second , any Russells Hall pupils who tried to dominate proceedings found that when they had finished , other pupils from both schools picked up on and developed points not covered by their questions . |
| 6 | What made things particularly difficult was that I felt I was n't Black enough for my Black colleagues and that white workers picking up on the division used this to their advantage by divide-and-rule tactics . |
| 7 | I think that 's a point to pick up on actually . |
| 8 | Maybe Errol picked up on my mood because he said something offensive about a lady I regarded with deep affection . |
| 9 | Monsoon picked up on that . |
| 10 | I think Mr picked up on the points that I really wanted to address in Mr 's remarks . |
| 11 | Most pieces picked up on British beaches have bobbed across the North Sea from the Baltic regions . |
| 12 | and how you feel yourself , that 's how you present yourself to other people , I think if you present yourself in a confident manner , I think people pick up on that and I do , I do n't think beauty is necessarily what you see , I think its how you feel within yourself and how you present yourself to people . |
| 13 | While most political prisoners have been involved iii trade union or political work , there are also cases of people who have boon picked up on suspicion and who have had no history of participation in any organization . |
| 14 | There was n't any huge promotion or hype about the whole workwear thing as some people are suggesting , because it was all about a few people picking up on it and then promoting it off their own back . |
| 15 | Spooner picked up on this idea and thought the best way to do it would be as an extended Perils of Pauline -type adventure , complete with ‘ How are they going to get out of that ? ’ endings . |
| 16 | Gannon was an odd choice although few people picked up on the seemingly obvious fact that he was a rhythm guitarist and not a bass player . |
| 17 | And , says the company , it has a joint marketing agreement with Hewlett-Packard in Germany , and in the US is working with both DEC and Motorola Computer Systems in its quest to pick up on the expanding downsizing trend . |
| 18 | Modelling of the deep magnetic boundaries has provided good correlations with reflectivity boundaries picked up on deep seismic surveys , and images of the data and their derivatives have suggested the presence of major structural boundaries , both parallel and oblique to what is conventionally taken to be the Iapetus suture , which may be the margins of terrains assembled as part of a broader zone . |
| 19 | Children pick up on our worries and stress , so try to find out what 's bothering her and take time to reassure her . |
| 20 | The counsellor picked up on Sarah 's choice of words . |
| 21 | it 's tempting to think that he 's using phraseology picked up on a recent voyage on the Star Ship Enterprise . |
| 22 | Robert Stephens showed in 1982 that a 2-year-old child in a high-density traffic area could ingest 54 per cent of its lead via the air ( some directly , but most from dust picked up on fingers and food ) , while 46 per cent would be accounted for in food and drink . |
| 23 | Where a paper closed in these circumstances , the survivor picked up on average rather more than half its circulation . |
| 24 | ‘ The only present danger , ’ Kreditor resumed , ‘ is if the press pick up on it like they did with that poor , poor lady in Queens . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I had n't expected the papers to pick up on Thomas 's birth , ’ she went on , ‘ but when they did and when it was taken for granted that he was Simon 's I let that be , too . ’ |
| 26 | But , despite this ability to pick up on new innovations , and add refinements of their own , neither Paul nor any of the other pioneers found the backup necessary to generate significant leaps forward in the manufacture of equipment or the films themselves . |
| 27 | Green floortiles complement the walls and bathroom linen in a warm burnt orange picks up on the Mediterranean feel . |
| 28 | Water that has evaporated and condensed in the upper atmosphere , and then falls as rain , should be pure , except for a little carbon dioxide picked up on the way down ( although in fact , these days , it tends also to contain a whole catalogue of pollutants ) . |
| 29 | Most evenings at Fontainebleau were , however , marked by innocent pastimes ; charades or parlour games with occasional improvised dancing to a tune picked out on a piano . |
| 30 | As I began to serve more regularly I became more accepted amongst the older stalwarts of the service , my naval experience and general seamanship picked up on fishing craft and yachts standing me in good stead . |