Example sentences of "picked [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interesting that you picked up on that one . |
| 2 | Monsoon picked up on that . |
| 3 | For some reason he picked up on that word and let her cool statement go by for the moment . |
| 4 | I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one . |
| 5 | Modelling of the deep magnetic boundaries has provided good correlations with reflectivity boundaries picked up on deep seismic surveys , and images of the data and their derivatives have suggested the presence of major structural boundaries , both parallel and oblique to what is conventionally taken to be the Iapetus suture , which may be the margins of terrains assembled as part of a broader zone . |
| 6 | The barrister for the defendant picked up on this . |
| 7 | Spooner picked up on this idea and thought the best way to do it would be as an extended Perils of Pauline -type adventure , complete with ‘ How are they going to get out of that ? ’ endings . |
| 8 | Most pieces picked up on British beaches have bobbed across the North Sea from the Baltic regions . |