Example sentences of "pick up an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Republicans also picked up an estimated 14,000 votes from the Social Democrats and yet more from people who have not bothered to vote before . |
| 2 | Twenty-odd years earlier , I 'd picked up an idea from the marvellously creative Bill Brown who was Director of Billy Graham 's Crusades in 1966–7 . |
| 3 | The under-16 team recently picked up an award as the most sporting girls ' rugby team and have completed a very successful season ; eight girls have been selected for the Lancashire under-18 team and three for the under-13 team . |
| 4 | It seemed he lived at home with his widowed mother and , following a fight with her , he had picked up an axe and killed her . |
| 5 | Richie had picked up an almost invisible speck and said , ‘ I 'm just this tiny grain of sand . ’ |
| 6 | one who pretends to have picked up an apparently valuable ( but actually worthless ) ring which he palms off on an unwary buyer . |
| 7 | They said that , in the narrow passageway , a corridor whose opposite walls I can touch comfortably with two hands , I had picked up an aluminium chair , ripped it in half , swung it around and hit a policeman with it so hard that he had to shield his head . |
| 8 | AN injured climber was rescued yesterday after an SOS was picked up an aircraft flying overhead . |
| 9 | A P Indy is on the reserve list for the Japan Cup , and is likely to be invited to Tokyo because American candidates Solar Splendour has picked up an injury . |
| 10 | ‘ Just picked up an odd-looking customer . |
| 11 | ‘ So do I. We 've had the spy-glass trained on his approach bearing and they 'd have picked up an explosion for sure . ’ |
| 12 | Ingres Corp is claiming a world first for its Ingres/Enhanced Security relational database , which has picked up an Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria E3/F-B1 security rating . |
| 13 | She had complained of stomach problems after returning and doctors at first thought she had picked up an infection in Africa . |
| 14 | This will keep the whole body in perfect equilibrium and make the action of picking up an object into a comparatively simple activity . |
| 15 | Usually picking up an agent from one of the occupied countries , or taking one out . |
| 16 | ‘ The fifty-metre array is picking up an odd waveform . |
| 17 | Samuel , picking up an unintentional slight that she considered Throgmorton a better chairman , bristled . |
| 18 | The DUP was in better form , after picking up an extra seat on the Waterside with the election of Bill Irwin . |
| 19 | Once hired , the scientists would continue to be paid by the federal government , with regional government picking up an increasing share of the salary each year . |
| 20 | Mark Hateley seemingly well on the road to recovery after picking up an injury against Hibs last Sunday . |
| 21 | He 's having a late fitness test , after picking up an injury playing for Wales during the week . |
| 22 | Crawford , who needed treatment twice in the early stages after picking up an injury was eventually replaced by Ronnie McCullough in the 26th minute . |
| 23 | Master butcher Howard Callaghan returned from picking up an award for a pork window display to discover the plate glass front of the shop blown away . |
| 24 | However , midfielder Jason Ainsley will miss the game after picking up an ankle injury in midweek , and also out of the side is striker Andrew Shaw , who is suspended . |
| 25 | An STC spokesman explained that the £1.7m sale was made by Mr Walsh to escape the rising cost of the loan he took out to pick up an option on 1 million STC shares in February . |
| 26 | Rovers stand to pick up an extra £25,000 if their former player makes the Great Britain side . |
| 27 | He 'd walked into the boathouse and tried to pick up an envelope and the floor had given way beneath him and a piece of beam was missing , and if I had n't been there with him he would certainly have drowned in the dock , impaled on something lurking beneath the surface . |
| 28 | The Sports Council was quick to pick up an interest in this group in the early 1980s when they included people up to the age of 59 in their target groups to encourage increased participation in sporting activities . |
| 29 | These days many people know that they should bend their knees when they bend down to pick up an object , but this is only half the story . |
| 30 | He looked around the shop for Emmanuel , who was trying to pick up an elderly man in a smart business suit . |