Example sentences of "[noun pl] to pick up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is impossible to guarantee that anyone you invited will turn up , so you could try to guard against wasting your time and money by sending courtesy cars to pick up the more important people . |
| 2 | Talk about playing golf while Rome burns ; just leave the canny Scots to pick up the bargains . |
| 3 | That changes how women feel about themselves and generates a web of activities to pick up the pieces kept hidden when pain is kept private . |
| 4 | It is none the less possible for opponents to pick up the ball , so to speak , when Mrs Thatcher has put it down . |
| 5 | Well presumably with , what we 're trying to do is create some sort of alternative family units , we do n't want , although , er , laudable what the youth service does , is , we would n't want , if they do n't want to plugged , clubbable together , if , if , if , if the , the unit could provide that , or provide alternatives to pick up the , the correlation between that and , and ordinary normal family unit , I would hope that that would have been the best way forward , erm , er , because often some youngsters are in this situation because they , they have n't found the , that sort of provision has been helpful for them . |
| 6 | Harvey the conformist was the first of the five remaining customers to pick up the outsize gesture . |
| 7 | GPs also complain , quite rightly , that hospital staff making , for example , discharge plans for a group of patients to a new home or hostel sometimes neglect to discuss the plans with the primary care team — normally the local general practice together with its team of doctors , nurses and other specialists — yet expect the GPs to pick up the pieces when something goes wrong . |
| 8 | A re-occurrence of the ‘ brief chat ’ approach , leaving members to pick up the grammar and the context will not be a happy omen for the new authorities . |
| 9 | It allows users to pick up the dirt without the danger of coming into contact and the device has won praise from Peter Gitson , the officer in charge of Middlesbrough Council 's dog warden service . |
| 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 | You may need to use tweezers to pick up the pieces and position them on your egg . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's way over the top to ask our citizens to pick up the tab . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Your publication has given some of the world 's best humorists and cartooonists their most memorable exposure and has inspired countless others to pick up the pen and make complete fools out of themselves . |
| 16 | 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 . |