Example sentences of "had to pick up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I was clumsy and had to pick up a couple of notes from the floor and wipe the bags where I 'd touched them with a handkerchief .
2 So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job .
3 Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again .
4 Someone had to pick up the challenge .
5 They 'd had a choreographer in when the show had first been set up , but no-one had been near it since ; replacement dancers had to pick up the routines from the others , and some of the results could be kind of interesting .
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