Example sentences of "[pron] picked up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well straw I picked up strawberry jam and that was sixty two |
| 2 | Let's curl your hair , I picked up brush and comb |
| 3 | By the age of 10 she was playing whist , and two years later , while holidaying with an uncle in the Netherlands , she picked up bridge . |
| 4 | When we started filming she was very shy but she got better as she went along and she picked up confidence . |
| 5 | And as the ship freed herself from the mule-lines and her screw began to chum up a wake of umber , sludgy water , and she picked up speed towards the marker buoys and the farewell beacon on Flamenco Island , I was sure I could see the seamen still , pointing their cameras back — now with long lenses all — towards the statue of Balboa which stands on the Panama City seafront , with the great man gazing out at the Ocean into which the Poles were now , at long last , sailing . |
| 6 | Erm the education side you picked up university and school fees . |
| 7 | Remember the sensational flurry a couple of years back when we picked up word that IBM Corp was considering making an agreed offer for Apple Computer Inc ? |
| 8 | The road dipped and we picked up speed . |
| 9 | As they picked up speed along the main tarmac road it was already 3 a.m . |
| 10 | Once out of the village they picked up speed and took a road that would zigzag through five hamlets before bringing them to the only cart track that wound up the lower slopes of the mountain . |
| 11 | They picked up power from a spider 's web of unsightly overhead wires . |
| 12 | In slow motion at first , they picked up urgency until they were powering back and forth at great speed . |
| 13 | As well as capturing Irwin from Elland Road , they picked up defender Andy Linighan for £45,000 and sold him on to Norwich for £350,000 — and they got an extra £150,000 when he moved to Arsenal for £1 million . |
| 14 | It was risky — the sentry would be sure to hear their horse as it picked up speed — but crossing the dangerous waters of the Severn at night was riskier , and would point them in the wrong direction for Winchester . |
| 15 | Three or four weeks ago , everyone watched the first wobbles of his journey with a critical eye , so critical , in fact , that they did not notice when he picked up speed later . |