Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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1 | O K , you pick up a bonus for that , anybody else on the team come up with something positive about unit linking that 'll make me say , yes , I like this one ? |
2 | Thus one liaison group teacher commented that when lower attaining pupils are abroad on school journeys they quickly pick up a feeling for the conversion rate of the local currency . |
3 | To get as close as possible to sea-dwelling fauna ( and perhaps pick up a crustacean for the lunchtable ) , take a short course in diving and snorkelling . |
4 | Sometimes I still pick up the guitar for ideas , but I find that I end up finishing them on piano . ’ |
5 | It is conventional wisdom among advice agencies , local authorities and fuel boards that it 's the women who pick up the tab for men 's mismanagement . |
6 | We pick up the plane for Punta Arenas at Arica , just across the Chilean border . ’ |