Example sentences of "picking up speed " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is picking up speed . |
| 2 | He is a master at keeping a rhythm throughout , picking up speed as soon as he has landed over a fence , and taking the most economical route . |
| 3 | Ray , a Veterans Athletic Club road and cross-country runner , has been slowly picking up speed during his first six or seven years back in the sport and he 's now a top-ranked man . |
| 4 | How and why they form is still not known ; all that can be said with certainty is that winds begin to twirl anti-clockwise around a fixed point of steadily diminishing atmospheric pressure , and this circulating system then begins to move , invariably in a westerly direction , its internal pressure steadily falling and the gales inside it picking up speed as it does so . |
| 5 | Picking up speed , Michael began to smile . |
| 6 | Now that slow stroll was picking up speed and grim purpose as Jimmy grabbed at a wire ‘ In ’ tray full of papers . |
| 7 | Soon he was picking up speed as his confidence increased and , cruising at a steady 80 m.p.h. , his whole mind centred on the one burning goal of reaching the sanctuary of the distant Bethlehem House . |
| 8 | I could hear Jamie and the girl running after me shouting , but I was already past the old chip shop and the war memorial and picking up speed . |
| 9 | Traffic had lessened and the Mercedes was picking up speed , but the streets were unfamiliar . |
| 10 | The spokeswoman added : ‘ It is an exciting mark of the success of the business partnership movement that its spread is picking up speed . |
| 11 | Over the hill and picking up speed ! |
| 12 | Over the hill and picking up speed ! |