Example sentences of "pick up on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first year , we inspected all schools , picking up on things which needed remedying . |
| 2 | The second is the law and order lobby of the right , which is also picking up on demands that the law be tougher with rapists and other violent criminals . |
| 3 | It was much deeper and bigger than most of what we pick up on screens , our primary source of entertainment today . |
| 4 | Clarify and summarise what 's been said and pick up on points in stories : ‘ And then ? ’ |
| 5 | He chats to people in the field , remembers faces , and will pick up on topics discussed in a previous conversation . |
| 6 | Robert Stephens showed in 1982 that a 2-year-old child in a high-density traffic area could ingest 54 per cent of its lead via the air ( some directly , but most from dust picked up on fingers and food ) , while 46 per cent would be accounted for in food and drink . |