Example sentences of "i [verb] picked [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rang the School of Tropical Medicine in London and told them I 'd picked up a botfly , and they said ‘ very exciting ’ and quoted me some home cures : ‘ Keep a raw steak over the hole for a couple of hours and the larva will burrow to the surface to breathe and then you can take the steak away … ‘ |
| 2 | In My Early Life he says I had picked up a wide vocabulary and a liking for the feel of words fitting and falling into their places like pennies in the slot . |
| 3 | When I had left your house , I had picked up a small bag . |
| 4 | I had picked up a bit of surgery from him , of course , so here I am . |
| 5 | I had picked up a box of letters and was glancing at them , when Frankenstein returned from above and caught me . |
| 6 | There 's the odd exception where I 've picked up a brand new one and it 's worked right away . |
| 7 | I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've picked up a bit , ’ Emily said , ‘ but the law takes a kind of mind . |
| 9 | I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients |