Example sentences of "pick up every " in BNC.

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1	Have you been trawling the sales and picking up every urn and tub that caught your fancy ?
2	And er I say , we 're we 're not here to er nitpick , picking up every little fault that a driver does going along the road .
3	A short silence my breath is held , my ears are picking up every creak and rustle — then : ‘ Ouch !
4	Then , on her hands and knees , she worked her way methodically across the floor , picking up every last piece of broken pottery or glass she could find .
5	But I 'd let my gaze slip back down to the wonderfully out thrust cloth over Sergia 's chest , so I was n't picking up every detail .
6	The mischievous side of the bright-eyed youngster 's character certainly came through when the English Opera Group recorded an LP of the production ; he munched nuts , not realizing that the microphones were picking up every tiny sound .
7	A city ‘ where nothing is wasted , costly and luxurious city though it be , but where wonderful human ants creep out of holes , and pick up every scrap ’ , OMF i 12 .
8	Hate , like love , picks up every shred of evidence to justify itself .
9	Ensure that you are not so near the microphone that it picks up every sound including heavy breathing and muttered asides .
10	And the rest of the time he 's had this , sort of on , on the pullover here and of course it 's so sensitive that it it picks up every rustle !
11	Aids will pick up every sound around , not just speech , so that the wearer will have a constant wash of muddled noise in his or her ear — not very comfortable !
12	He 's got this little kit , but there are hardly any mics there , and the low-decibel La 's style means that you can directly pick up every collision between muscle and wood and steel .
13	In theory , you could pick up every voucher issued for only $130m .
14	You ca n't even pick up every quiet guy who dresses like a skinhead and lives with blondie .

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