Example sentences of "[vb mod] pick [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should pick up a chair and throw it at me but |
| 2 | but I think that , that with what it is you know , but then I say she 's got that anyway , she 's not as , as tough as what she makes out , but er it would be worth having a look you never know what 's in there , and I say I must pick up a couple of paper towels |
| 3 | I think it 's a stigma that a lot of men feel they ca n't show that they 're depressed or they 've got a problem so they 'll pick up a ph , a phone . |
| 4 | Right One of the things that er we try to pass on is that you 'll pick up a lot of information which may not be relevant to you but may be relevant to members of your family or friends . |
| 5 | Chapman predicts : ‘ He 'll pick up a little prize before the end of the year . |
| 6 | And , they may have one display displayed , but if you go to somewhere like a warehouse or distribution where you go round and pick up your you can go to a garden you 'll pick up a box that 's illustrating a Flymo lawn mower or something and , and it 'll , er they spend a lot of time and money on the packaging , but , a lot of people for pilferage reasons do n't illustrate and that 's good practise not to illustrate , from our point of view , what 's on the package . |
| 7 | He took it — rather as you might pick up a worm in the garden — and popped it gingerly in his mouth . |
| 8 | But you might pick up a thing or two just by looking . |
| 9 | He might pick up a truth or two perhaps from servants or villagers of the Old Baron 's generation . ’ |
| 10 | Mind you , these birds are very quick and it might pick up a few words which could be useful . ’ |
| 11 | She 'd pick up a great lump of it and throw it over a nail and then oil her hands with spit and draw it out and out in a long skein , till it was smooth as glass … ’ |
| 12 | ROBBIE Sometimes when I was washing the car , he had a great big Ford estate , I 'd pick up a piece of gravel and just scratch the paint a wee bit . |
| 13 | I would also actually suggest that again if you wanted to ease it a bit I 'd pick up a point also made just now er in that P P G refers to building and the E two refers to development . |
| 14 | ‘ He said he 'd pick up a spare part for me today , and he has n't , which is why we fell out earlier and why I 'm on my way now to pick it up myself . |
| 15 | After a week or two 's good behaviour Nigel began to feel the need to prove to himself that he could pick up a genuine , bona-fide amateur about the same age as Caroline — someone young enough to be his daughter , in other words . |
| 16 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |
| 17 | Nutty went to watch the next Wednesday , to see if she could pick up a tip or two , and at least find out what they had to beat . |
| 18 | ‘ If the middle tier marketed themselves better , they could pick up a lot of business . ’ |
| 19 | Soon she would herself be in the market for a new home , and , though she and Boyd could not hope to outdo a contractor like the Mayor building for himself , she could pick up a few ideas and have them incorporated into their new house in Vanier Heights . |
| 20 | Alternatively you could pick up a pinstripe suit from tried and trusted Marks & Spencer . |
| 21 | The shares are now just 2.5p , so you could pick up a massive 4,000 shares for £100 before brokers fees . |
| 22 | Five feet three , immensely strong — ‘ could pick up a thirteen-stone man by the seat of his pants ’ — a craftsman collier — ‘ he would look at the seam of coal … take a Number Two mandrel [ a half-headed pick ] and if he hit it just right , something like twenty tons of coal would fall out of the coal face ’ — and a man with a ‘ love of words , the longer the better ’ . |
| 23 | Before 1950 there was no regional TV station or transmitter : only Parisians could pick up a TV signal ; in 1958 only 50 per cent of the population could tune in to the one black-and-white TV channel . |
| 24 | Now , if like me you 've yet to attempt this big production number you could pick up a few tips here , after all , we 've a number of professionals in this hundred , hoteliers , dressmakers , cake makers , photographers , and video makers , registrars , ministers , but above all , we have a lot ex-brides here , and let's start off by finding how many we have . |
| 25 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 26 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 27 | Though he could pick up a bit on the stable management , if he 'd a mind . |
| 28 | Anyone , almost , could pick up a stone or work a piece of flint to use as a tool , but making metals was a far more skilled job . |
| 29 | If you stand here it might look beautiful , but if you pick up each one individually you 'll see weeds germinating , brittle bits and you could pick up a disease in the early stages which you just would n't see otherwise . |
| 30 | Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg could pick up a significant number of protest votes which will boost his party 's previous showing . |