Example sentences of "[modal v] pick up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | SUFFERING from hangovers after their intoxicating victory on Saturday night , Hungarian reformers and their temporary allies were split last night on the question of where the new Socialist Party should pick up the pieces , as a marginal hardline faction announced the foundation of the Hungarian Communist Party . |
| 2 | But when he presented the bill to Hurley for reimbursement , Hurley refused to pay , insisting the DEA field office in Los Angeles should pick up the tab . |
| 3 | It is a mark of Hilton 's clarity of thought and practical spirituality that he should pick up the episcopal ideal of a composite life-style and set it up as the modus vivendi for a spiritually — minded temporal lord . |
| 4 | Normally , developers paying a barrister to represent them at an inquiry must pick up the tab . |
| 5 | In each case , the wizard must pick up the book and caress it for a minimum of 1 hour . |
| 6 | What needs to happen is that the trade should be made aware of the shortlist ; the media must pick up the vibes ; and the winner should be available in paperback ( Emily will be a Pan in October . |
| 7 | It is the local authorities that must pick up the bill for those problems . |
| 8 | After a pause Alison said , ‘ Do you think it will pass and you 'll pick up the pieces ? ’ |
| 9 | I think that the compan companies out there have not made any profits for about five years , and they 're desperate to return to er an even keel , and they are going to force up the price of goods and services as soon humanly possible , and we 'll pick up the bill . |
| 10 | Very cost What I 'm saying is it 's quick erm people expect to do it it 's something oh if they 're writing instead of going round I 'll pick up the phone and do it . |
| 11 | She chuckled , then might pick up the animal by the scruff ( if it were a cavey , or a bird ) , and dash it to death on the ground and spill the guts to read them for herself , then sprinkle blood inside the circle and on her cheeks and brow . |
| 12 | Not when Thomas might pick up the emotional currents . |
| 13 | This is why cable and satellite technology must advance together ; reception centres in parts of Britain with a good view of the satellite could pick up the signals and relay them by cable into nearby homes . |
| 14 | If only he could pick up the rock and hurl it , defiantly , to reciprocate the violence with such a true aim , that it would smash whatever the chosen target . |
| 15 | Missy had heard their engines long before a human ear could pick up the first faint sound and had come to tell her . |
| 16 | At Morrison & Gibb , according to one survivor , the girls went up to a special room to learn all the types , and another former Morrison & Gibb " learner " remembered that " you were given a card with the lay of the case " and just had to get on with it , practising until you could pick up the type correctly . |
| 17 | We could pick up the World Service , Voice of America ( VOA ) and a number of local stations which broadcast in English and French . |
| 18 | He could pick up the fear . |
| 19 | Since they look very similar even a regular buyer could pick up the larger size without realising it — but of course the scanner at the check out would recognise the different bar code and charge the correct amount . |
| 20 | We designed a new machine that could pick up the in-can system and position it within the can , without damage . |
| 21 | The twins had been thrilled with the computer , of course — how was it that even small children could pick up the mechanics of these complicated machines in five seconds flat ? |
| 22 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 23 | Well when I was last playing with it that James kept on er in and in that erm he stopped at the station and I have to take it like that far enough cos I wanted Gordon to be there so he co could pick up the express pick , up the coaches |
| 24 | Then he would pick up the silver hair-brush and groom her hair in slow strokes from its dark roots to its glowing auburn ends . |
| 25 | Then sometimes she would pick up the telephone and natter to Charles . |
| 26 | Most people , when they went out at night or approached another village , carried a stick or a handful of stones ; if one or two dogs in a pack had been wounded the others would pick up the aggressive intention and drop back sullenly . |
| 27 | Lawton was struggling to get out of his pack the receiver that would pick up the radio signals from the miniature transceiver Forster said was attached to his slayer . |
| 28 | His sentence was terminated when Sahara officials bailed him out and said they would pick up the tab for the room but he would have to pay for his food and drink himself . |
| 29 | NSA would pick up the call with their satellites ; the British GCHQ would get it ; so would the Russians … |
| 30 | I would pick up the phone and phone my solicitor and ask to come and see him and get his advice . |