Example sentences of "pick up every [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short silence my breath is held , my ears are picking up every creak and rustle — then : ‘ Ouch ! |
| 2 | Have you been trawling the sales and picking up every urn and tub that caught your fancy ? |
| 3 | But I 'd let my gaze slip back down to the wonderfully out thrust cloth over Sergia 's chest , so I was n't picking up every detail . |
| 4 | A city ‘ where nothing is wasted , costly and luxurious city though it be , but where wonderful human ants creep out of holes , and pick up every scrap ’ , OMF i 12 . |
| 5 | And the rest of the time he 's had this , sort of on , on the pullover here and of course it 's so sensitive that it it picks up every rustle ! |
| 6 | Hate , like love , picks up every shred of evidence to justify itself . |
| 7 | Ensure that you are not so near the microphone that it picks up every sound including heavy breathing and muttered asides . |
| 8 | In theory , you could pick up every voucher issued for only $130m . |
| 9 | He 's got this little kit , but there are hardly any mics there , and the low-decibel La 's style means that you can directly pick up every collision between muscle and wood and steel . |
| 10 | Aids will pick up every sound around , not just speech , so that the wearer will have a constant wash of muddled noise in his or her ear — not very comfortable ! |