Example sentences of "they pick [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The non-crystalline , that is the amorphous cellulose , has no mechanism for protecting its hydroxyls from moisture , since most of them are not firmly attached to their neighbours , and so they pick up a shell , round each hydroxyl , of any water molecules which are available . |
| 2 | Roy Keane , Niall Quinn , Ray Houghton , Steve Staunton and Kevin Moran will all incur a one-match ban if they pick up a second yellow card tomorrow . |
| 3 | They pick up a calculator , and everybody 's got those these days . |
| 4 | Yes , well these , all wasps of course , er tend to er hit the fruit juice at this time of the year , and that fruit juice is very often fermenting , and you get a particularly er waspish reaction , er naturally , when er somebody goes to pick up a fallen apple or windfall pear , and they pick up a handful of wasp , inadvertently , and I think this year , particularly with a shortage of water , more wasps of all species have been driven to attack fruit , er and are feeding on the er fruit juice , much of which is fermenting . |
| 5 | As they left the store they picked up a copy of Allied 's 1991/1992 brochure and found the carpet was normally priced at £9.99 . |
| 6 | A spokesman for the group , currently on a world tour , said : ‘ They picked up a nasty virus in Australia . ’ |
| 7 | They picked up a phone and called Max Clifford , thus providing their daughter with an opportunity to get things off her chest . |
| 8 | In Porchester Terrace they picked up a blue Mark 1 Zephyr and drove sedately home to Lancaster Road . |
| 9 | Along the way they picked up a Swedish girl , Eva Vincett , who had married an Englishman , so then there were three ! |
| 10 | They picked up a few there Derek . |