Example sentences of "we pick [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One idea is that we pick up all sorts of information during our waking hours without being consciously aware that we are doing so ; the function of dreaming is to allow our brain to process all this information at the unconscious level . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We continue on heading until we pick up another waypoint , the particular shape of a section of the B1052 , where a very sharp right-hand bend is followed almost immediately by a minor road off to the east and a small hamlet , Brinkley , further north ( J ) . |
| 4 | We can stage a little comedy for ourselves if we pick out two expressions that I used in my last paragraph , and imagine ourselves presenting them to the startled and unwelcoming gaze of Max Beerbohm . |
| 5 | In applying a concept we pick out relevant and reliable features of what we perceive . |
| 6 | We pick out those pieces which match our needs at the time [ My emphasis ] As have most people in the field , this author has participated in this game , using these data for illustration or emphasis in the classroom , as arguments in a paper , or as support in negotiating a budget or a new piece of equipment . |
| 7 | So we picked up one of the little floaters provided at the port , and went exploring . |
| 8 | ‘ We picked up some customer projects — like the Metro Turbo and some Toyota work — and had a nice little business ticking away . |
| 9 | we did n't have any trouble from U-boats , but we picked up some boats |
| 10 | How these people go week after week after week looking for bargain I mean Chris I mean we picked up some bargains today but how you can go week I mean it 's okay yes but when you 're Christmas shopping you ca n't go for because it 's just |
| 11 | Thing is the how these people go week after week after week looking for a bargain , I mean , Christm , I mean we picked up some bargains today , but how you can go week , I mean its ok , yes , why your but when your Christmas shopping you ca n't |
| 12 | We picked up these four … ’ the speaker indicated the four sullen captives with a jerk of his hunting rifle , ‘ slinkin' around armed to the teeth . ’ |
| 13 | Can I give you a bit of something that we picked up last week that may be of some benefit to you ? |
| 14 | ‘ We picked up another surge in orbit , Doctor , ’ Sheldukher informed him . |
| 15 | We sold that when we picked up another house down near Eastbourne . |
| 16 | We picked out all of the best songs from the tapes and sang our way across the rest of Europe . |
| 17 | Let us pick up that word peculiarities . |