Example sentences of "pick up the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and the they pick up the text in that way . |
| 2 | Hearing-aids pick up the clatter of dishes and swoosh of running water , which compete with speech reception . |
| 3 | Children pick up the eggs from contaminated food or pets , and the worms hatch out at night . |
| 4 | We pick up the story with Cain plotting fiendishly against his brother . |
| 5 | To pick them up , moisten the paintbrush slightly , draw out the bristles to make a fine point and pick up the aphids with the tip of the brush . |
| 6 | But we pick up the hotel at |
| 7 | Instead , I pick up the clock on it and I see it is half-past six . |
| 8 | Then pick up the pace to within 20 to 30 seconds per mile of your 10K race pace and hold that for seven minutes . |
| 9 | If we pick up the leg of a horse that is not used to it , it may tolerate it for a second or two , and then snatch it back from us . |
| 10 | Now we 'll get the changing hand out of the way first because it 's easier that way and so what we do is to bring the rope hand towards the tiller hand and then you can tuck it under your thumb , pick up the tiller with the other hand now , that 's fine . |
| 11 | And they pick up the tunes of the language . |
| 12 | You can feel the brake and then you pick up the feel of the tyre and it starts moving a little bit . |
| 13 | Sometimes I still pick up the guitar for ideas , but I find that I end up finishing them on piano . ’ |
| 14 | Once the group is there , simply pick up the icon of each of the programs you want to come up automatically , and drop it in the Startup group . |
| 15 | After sewing the neck shape I either overlock the shoulders or pick up the stitches on a darning needle using the same colour yarn . |
| 16 | Then , with the right side of the garment facing the machine , pick up the stitches around the neck and place them on the machine . |
| 17 | ‘ I need to go to Plenty , ’ he said , ‘ pick up the rest of the band and all our gear . ’ |
| 18 | ( i ) Pick up the animal to be killed by the base of its tail as described in Section 3.1 . |
| 19 | Pick up the web on this card , as with the wire loop . |
| 20 | You pick up the cake of soap and leave as quietly as you entered . ’ |
| 21 | We pick up the debate at the point where Hall suggests Liverpool boss Graeme Souness was under too much pressure to make rational decisions . |
| 22 | Gently hold the disc in place on the surface of a grid by means of a strong eyelash mounted to the end of a thin wooden ( orange ) stick , and pick up the disc by bringing the grid up under the disc and out of the water . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Now we pay we pick up the tab at the Grand Hotel for those three days in-house . |
| 25 | Drawing a field means that the hounds are guided by the huntsmen and whippers-in across the field until the hounds pick up the scent of a hare . |
| 26 | The children in turn pick up the corks in their mouths and dip them into the paint . |
| 27 | In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket . |
| 28 | Do these like pick up the sound of the wheels coming through ? |
| 29 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 30 | Would it be safe to return , pick up the pieces of her life again ? |