Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun] pick [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4 The work of artist Ilana Richardson evokes the intense colour the Mediterranean where cobalt-blue shutters pick out the windows of white-washed houses . |
| 2 | The stain lightened slowly to reveal lowering clouds moving in from the north ; the sea became less ink-like too , and showed itself as a mess of enormous and ever-moving swells picked out here and there by off-white skeins of spray . |
| 3 | As I began to serve more regularly I became more accepted amongst the older stalwarts of the service , my naval experience and general seamanship picked up on fishing craft and yachts standing me in good stead . |
| 4 | Long runs can , of course , be purchased at a price in the saleroom , but odd volumes picked up here and there should be inexpensive . |
| 5 | Bosnians said the situation was quiet overnight , but heavy fighting picked up again in the afternoon . |
| 6 | Oilbars can be picked up and used , put down and left , and even after long intervals picked up and used again immediately without lengthy preparation . |
| 7 | And that could be just the tip of the iceberg as official monitoring picks up only a fraction of illegal pollution . |
| 8 | When Japanese demand picks up again , imports will grow more quickly than in past recoveries . |
| 9 | My wilful grasp upon it had been entirely unproblematic , as sure as neat fingers picking up pins , or knitting , and then casting off the atomic stitches of the material world . |