Example sentences of "pick up [art] few " in BNC.

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1 I think she 's picked up a few pointers , like how to chop an onion and how to dissolve an Oxo cube .
2 He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum .
3 Somewhere along the road , she had picked up a few extra senses , and she would have to learn to live with them .
4 The car , however , had picked up a few more dents , and none of the windows existed any longer .
5 ‘ Being used as cheap labour to break Alejandro 's ponies , ’ said Luke , taking Perdita 's suitcases from her , ‘ in return for picking up a few tips from the master . ’
6 So again , erm a way of picking up a few marks , quite a few .
7 There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way .
8 GCHQ began in 1919 as the Government Code and Cipher School ( GCCS ) , picking up the few remaining members of the army and naval teams of codebreakers who had operated in Britain during World War I. A very small team was formed , working on a tiny annual budget in MI6 's offices at 56 Broadway , in London .
9 SMALL investors could use any spare cash to pick up a few holdings in carefully chosen smaller companies .
10 9.00am Linda pops into the Savoury Delicatessen in Clapham High Street to pick up a few essential items .
11 She leaned closer and reached out , to pick up a few strands of dark hair .
12 For in the company of over 200 or so other eager enthusiasts , I was able to pick up a few interesting little pieces .
13 I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market .
14 ‘ I do n't think that professionalism as such should have a place within the playing side of the Association , ’ states the Dungiven clubman , ‘ We play for pure enjoyment and recreation and if along the way we manage to pick up a few honours , then that 's great .
15 ‘ Scurrying round to pick up the few crumbs that fall from the table ? ’
16 At least confident that Spouse will enjoy , and probably pick up a few tips from , biography of Hitler .
17 ‘ Well , ’ says the ex-chief executive philosophically , ‘ when you 've managed a business in crisis mode as long as I have , you pick up a few enemies . ’
18 As soon as it is well open , and perhaps already dropping pollen grains on to its own stigma and petals , pick up a few grains with a small paint brush , and transfer them to the stigma of the female .
19 ‘ Instead of grabbing a tin of soup the book will say , ‘ Pick up a few carrots , a leek , chop them up and throw them in water , add a dash of cream , a few leaves of chervil , and you have something homely and delicious that you have made . ’
20 Turry has to be the best-armed hero of all time and when he picks up a few power-ups you 'd think he was invincible .
21 ‘ It is unlikely that we would sue the government — in fact , we might even pick up a few extra funds on the back of theirs .
22 He would be treated to the kind of service his carrier is struggling to achieve and might even pick up a few tips on how an airline should be run .
23 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 .
24 At the same time they might even pick up a few tips from Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram instead of trying to put them down .
25 We would pick up a few flak holes , but every mission had those ’ .
26 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 .
27 Did you manage by pick did you pick up a few words yourself ?
28 Mind you , these birds are very quick and it might pick up a few words which could be useful . ’
29 Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying .
30 Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying .
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