Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] pick [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crossed the room and with a resolute shrug of her shoulders picked up the receiver . |
| 2 | Their lights picked out the graffiti of long-dead people — prayers , curses , obscenities , threats — and what might have been messages in alien script or in the calligraphy of madness . |
| 3 | Since the IPG approaches its information items in the widest possible context , liaison with researchers helps its writers pick up the concerns of other agencies and enables them to include other sources of information and views . |
| 4 | Regardless of our commitment to joint decision-making most of us will find that there are many decisions where we feel we lack either sufficient interest or qualification and are perfectly happy to leave those decisions to our partner , eg many men would feel primarily responsible for choosing a car but would prefer their wives to pick out the furniture , decorations and plan the kitchen . |
| 5 | Once again , although men are capable of this too , the ability is less marked , and many will rely on their women to pick up the intangible clues , or to decode their own shadowy impressions for them . |
| 6 | The Kremlin Armoury and the Hermitage sent their trucks to pick up the shipments at customs , and to make the rounds in their respective cities . |
| 7 | He has just broken one of his records deliberately and is on his knees picking up the pieces as he talks to himself . |
| 8 | Then his ears picked up the soft pattering of multiple animal feet , and the sound of undergrowth being brushed lightly aside by swiftly moving bodies . |
| 9 | Passing between the granite houses lining the main street of Moretonhampstead , he drove on , his headlights picking out the bends in the serpentine road . |
| 10 | GRAHAM TAYLOR is challenging his internationals to pick up the fallen standard of English football , after Wednesday night 's triple European club disaster . |
| 11 | GRAHAM TAYLOR is challenging his internationals to pick up the fallen standard of English football , after Wednesday night 's triple European disaster . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's way over the top to ask our citizens to pick up the tab . |