Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's already picked up a thousand pounds tomorrow he 'll receive a copy of his short story — The Green Moustache , which er got him into the final along with the other eleven winning stories which are being published in an anthology , which is hot off the presses from the publishers Collins . |
| 2 | And it 's carried over our list , so we 've actually picked up the seven two O five now as single source . |
| 3 | The screws , it seemed , had picked out the eight most troublesome in the house , most of which were YCs . |
| 4 | Stan Burton , back to his best , had one shot to spare against the successful John Lynch picking up a three on the last end to win 1716 in a quality contest . |
| 5 | MELROSE , this season 's Scottish champions , added the Border League trophy to their collection last night by picking up the two points they needed under the floodlights at Mansfield Park . |
| 6 | Things have been quiet … no messages for 24 hours after picking up the 49 that were waiting yesterday . |
| 7 | You must tell them that you want to pick up a thirty five percent of the first year 's payment . |
| 8 | If you do n't tell them that you 're going to pick up a thirty five percent deposit cheque . |
| 9 | His intention was to pick up the 18,000 troops assembled in the area behind Quiberon known as the Morbihan and transport them to Scotland , as the first stage of the great invasion plan . |
| 10 | It was good fortune for BR to be able to pick up the 1938 survivors — only retained into the 1980s to bail out the Northern Line from a vast increase in traffic . |
| 11 | Sometimes you may want to reach everyone on the list , but more often you will only be using certain sections or even picking out a dozen or so specialist outlets . |
| 12 | Pick up the 4 e-wrap stitches all across the row and place on to needles . |
| 13 | I wanted to satisfy my client , and if possible pick up the five G's on the way . |
| 14 | Name select or something and pick out a one of the pads with that hole ? |
| 15 | When you do your own , pick out the ten you like best . |
| 16 | There were only 500,000 TV sets ( 1957 ( and 50 per cent of Frenchmen could not pick up the one black-and-white channel : but politicians perceived the potential of what was to become — under de Gaulle — a mass medium . |
| 17 | On Friday , Mrs Grant will pick up the 1989 Captain of Industry award from the Livingstone Industrial and Commercial Association . |
| 18 | King , who works on the Earl of Leicester 's Holkham estate , picked up a four on the fourth end to go 7–1 ahead and increased his lead to 11–2 . |
| 19 | Roton rotary man Brian Crighton ( left ) and rider Steve Spray picked up a 500 point at Eastern Creek but were nine seconds off the pace — triumph or debacle ? |
| 20 | LONDON & SOUTH-EAST : There were few glimmers of encouragement for Mr Kinnock as the party picked up a dozen seats in the capital and a handful outside , writes David Millward . |
| 21 | Sir James picked up a 67 per cent increase to £571,000 when profits went up seven per cent . |
| 22 | ‘ The first time I picked up a 12 bore , it was bigger than me and the men all laughed . |
| 23 | Holborn picked up the 1992 Best Overall Branch prize , Threadneedle Street were presented with a plaque for being top Branch in the Customer Satisfaction Index for 1992–93 , and Pall Mall received the Cost/Income Award for 1991–92/ The top student award went to Julian Gouge who , in 1992 , achieved the highest aggregate marks among all Royal Bank candidates in the Associateship examinations . |
| 24 | He picked up the two chairs and placed one on each side of the fireplace . |
| 25 | Once again Skaller picked up the two pictures , but only the features of the other boy still held his glance . |
| 26 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
| 27 | He picked up the two grips and the empty suitcase Tom Rooney had given then to lend credence to their story . |
| 28 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 29 | She picked up the two copies reluctantly , as though with tongs , and looked back across the desk at him defiantly . |
| 30 | Senior Sea King pilot Lt Cmdr George Wallace spoke of the shelling as he picked up the two injured men . |