Example sentences of "i pick up a " in BNC.
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| 31 | A little later we saw another cow and then through my glasses I picked up a bull lying down in the distance . |
| 32 | One of the most arduous of these was in my junior days when I picked up a seaman in the docks attempting to sell cigarettes to a factory worker . |
| 33 | I picked up a couple once — The Dawning of Extraordinary Being and The Zigzag Path of Super-Zen . |
| 34 | I picked up a dental chisel and resolved to sell my life dearly . |
| 35 | At the meat fridge I picked up a pack of ground beef . |
| 36 | And I picked up a pack of contraceptives . |
| 37 | I picked up a young man on my first journey out of Durham about 6.30 on the morning . |
| 38 | ‘ The first time I picked up a 12 bore , it was bigger than me and the men all laughed . |
| 39 | ‘ I picked up a bug in Germany at the weekend ’ explained McManus , who contested a European League game in Augsburg , where more than eight inches of snow fell in 48 hours . |
| 40 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses but I picked up a bug in Germany at the weekend and have n't been able to shake it off , ’ explained world No13 McManus . |
| 41 | And I picked up a load of washing the other day and put it in the washing machine and I washed it . |