Example sentences of "would pick up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then sometimes she would pick up the telephone and natter to Charles . |
| 2 | She would pick up the thought and put it outside her mind . |
| 3 | I would pick up the phone and phone my solicitor and ask to come and see him and get his advice . |
| 4 | I wish Chris would pick up the phone . ’ |
| 5 | NSA would pick up the call with their satellites ; the British GCHQ would get it ; so would the Russians … |
| 6 | Then he would pick up the silver hair-brush and groom her hair in slow strokes from its dark roots to its glowing auburn ends . |
| 7 | Lawton was struggling to get out of his pack the receiver that would pick up the radio signals from the miniature transceiver Forster said was attached to his slayer . |
| 8 | If only she would pick up the receiver . |
| 9 | José informed us in perfect English that he would pick up the sail in the morning and deliver it , completely repaired , by that afternoon . |
| 10 | His sentence was terminated when Sahara officials bailed him out and said they would pick up the tab for the room but he would have to pay for his food and drink himself . |