Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up [art] piece " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are substantial legal problems as major financial institutions literally pick up the pieces and look to their future . |
| 2 | After dinner we would gossip , play cards or perhaps walk along the Dee , idly picking up a piece of driftwood here and there along the way . |
| 3 | Outlining the proposals , which will be put in writing to the Bank of England task force set up in to pick up the pieces after Taurus , Mr Pearson said the key point was that any new system should focus solely on the professional market — leaving the private shareholder with paper certificates and the existing fortnightly settlement system . |
| 4 | just breaking up the pieces of stone . |
| 5 | From nowhere a swarm of fish appeared who promptly gobbled up the pieces . |
| 6 | By the time I got to the end of the course , I was still picking up the pieces . |
| 7 | Just as I was about to pick up the pieces of card once more , I stopped transfixed . |
| 8 | Erm and it does make it very difficult then for Trading Standards then to pick up the pieces . |