Example sentences of "[pers pn] pick up [art] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	( Why Why did I pick up the telephone )
2	Why ca n't I pick up the phone and say , Come on , darling ?
3	Should she pick up the baby whenever it cries or leave it until it settles of its own accord ?
4	Did you manage by pick did you pick up a few words yourself ?
5	Erm , could you pick up a pint of milk at the Seven Eleven for us , hang on , I 'll give you some money .
6	Did you pick up the video ? ’
7	He wrote ‘ Jo honey , will you pick up the goddam phone ?
8	Why do you pick up the evening paper and linger over tales of local gossip or distress when you have important tasks to carry out ?
9	Here , let me help you pick up the bedding and we 'll take it downstairs .
10	Mr before you that one was a question that but could you pick up the questions which Mr raised .
11	How do you pick up the ones that need correcting ?
12	Can they pick up the pieces ?
13	Picks up my navy coat , cor do n't they pick up the bits ?
14	She saw him pick up a long strip of heavy material .
15	I could hear him pick up the telephone and dial a number .
16	She had her back to him when she heard him pick up the mug .
17	She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side .
18	After a while he went out into the hall and I heard him pick up the thing that makes noises and which he talks into when there 's no-one here .
19	Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying .
20	Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying .
21	‘ I used to love listening to Elvis records , which helped me pick up the lingo , and now everyone in the business calls me the Rocking Singh .
22	Can he pick up a tin of beans without feeling that it hates him ?
23	Does he pick up the idea quickly or , if he does not , does he stay calm and keep trying until he does ?
24	What , does it pick up the farting ?

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