Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Benny had picked up Eve 's handbag , a small cheap plastic one which Mother Francis had bought for her in Peggy Pine 's shop as a going-to-Dublin present a few weeks ago .
2 Minton occasionally hung around Victoria railway station , waiting for the boat train to come in , and in this way had picked up Sparkes .
3 In the process it 's picked up HaL Computer Systems Inc , the most famous of the no-product-yet companies , to stand up and say it was doing its own Version 9 implementation , claiming to be ‘ well under way . ’
4 Sybase Inc has picked up Francois Stieger to run its Gain Technology operation in Europe .
5 The UK 's Ampersand Systems Ltd , Bristol , is re-launching itself as the Open Systems Centre , and as has picked up IBM 's RS/6000 to market .
6 Horowitz had picked up Eva Hendrix from the villa on the way to Frankfurt Airport .
7 Ace did n't speak , but instead picked up Richmann 's fallen Winchester , and checked it .
8 I think you had a little bit of a soft spot for Poole did n't you , and you 'd have quite liked to have gone there and a little bit perhaps disappointed when you heard that they 'd picked up Marvin Cox ?
9 Well not disappointed that they 'd picked up Marvin Cox because obviously they 're going to need a very strong side if they 're going to win anything so erm you know , with guys like Marvin around , then it 's got to be a good idea , you know , they 've obviously made a big jump there to grab someone they think 's going to make a difference .
10 Visix Software Inc has picked up UniPress Software Inc as a distributor , which will sell Looking Glass Professional as its desktop manager of choice .
11 No we 'd just picked up Christine from her friend 's house and I had sort of half a dozen people
12 I think I must have picked up Paul 's one by mistake .
13 ‘ It may be nothing , but the police have picked up Arthur Evans .
14 It has also picked up Jeff Spirer , formerly in charge of the Intel/IBM relationship at Intel , to be NextStep 486 marketing manager .
15 They had chased the car at speeds of up to 90mph but lost it , and they had picked up Mr Beaton near Windyedge Farm , between Perth and Stirling .
16 It has already picked up Meccano , Trans Avia airlines and Swan Vestas .
17 He had picked up Jamie 's helmet and put it on , the sides hanging well below his ears , his eyes hardly visible .
18 But Curtis in his eagerness to catch up with his man , had momentarily overlooked the fact that the Prophet had picked up Foster 's gun .
19 Transarc Corp , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , where IBM is a minority investor , has picked up Mary Patterson as its vice president , development .
20 On its American release , the New York Times also picked out Burton .
21 Looking through wanted notices later on , he had picked out George and a reward-seeking Sheriff had got in touch with Jack Clarke .
22 They switched live to the scene , and Kathleen 's eyes immediately picked out Jack crouched over the injured man and issuing instructions to the ambulance team .
23 ‘ You 're putting on weight , ’ said the manager , picking up Arthur 's belt and looking at the notches .
24 Picking up Aldrich 's statement , Lewis rose to his feet .
25 ‘ Pooh , nonsense , Miss Abbott , ’ Harry Burrows exclaimed , striding about the drawing-room and picking up Aunt Emily 's treasured objects .
26 Picking up Jurgen Habermas ' analysis of truth-oriented discourse ( Chapter 4 ) , we can go further along this path .
27 And picking up Professor Lock 's point erm we are certainly in the market to attract footloose investment .
28 When I investigated , I found that the long microphone lines across the stage were picking up BBC Radio 2 .
29 When the chimney is in place keep picking up Wilma , who 'll be near the Burger Bar or somewhere down below .
30 Yes , this is , this is , this er Who 's picking up Laura 's point which is that you get all the contractual arrangements er er done , but I mean it does n't mean you ca n't have the ritual , be it dressed with , you know , er a long
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