Example sentences of "to pick up the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears . |
| 2 | The sounds mingled in her mind with the harsh cries of the birds as she waited for Sybil to pick up the phone again . |
| 3 | From the Brigadier 's office the Captain telephoned Maxwell at the Excelsior , sending Bacci through to the communicating duty room to pick up the phone there . |
| 4 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
| 5 | As this trip was taking much longer than planned , due to many orbits and several beautiful parts of the coastline flown as slowly as possible , we expedited lunch , and were soon airborne heading north to pick up the coast again . |
| 6 | Smack , smack and you end up going to school to pick up the wreckage anyway . |
| 7 | He is keen to pick up the pieces again . |
| 8 | You may be worrying about such people because you are left to pick up the pieces afterwards . |
| 9 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |