Example sentences of "i pick up " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I pick up something and drag it it makes this white noise sound , ’ Gaver demonstrates . |
| 2 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 3 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 4 | I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet . |
| 5 | I pick up the ‘ Glass Dildo ’ photo again and this time I am struck by Cicciolina 's expressiveness . |
| 6 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |
| 7 | I pick up all the casualties . |
| 8 | I pick up my barrel-bag and fish around in it for my purse , take out a five pound note and walk over , rolling the note up in my hand . |
| 9 | Material body , organism , behaviour , vibes , expression , self : I pick up on all of it . |
| 10 | ‘ I pick up the pencil , put it back , climb into the trunk of the car and you drive me to see the boy . |
| 11 | The metal I pick up usually has some shape to it . |
| 12 | I pick up some strange things , ’ she said , looking at him . |
| 13 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 14 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 15 | It seems that every other person I meet , every paper I pick up , every time I turn on the television I am exhorted to ‘ go green ’ ! |
| 16 | Erm yeah , the the the axe to grind is is yes , I pick up the the the political stick here er , that was you know , that that , you know from the other the other end to you and yeah , yes I also think we 're being beaten with a with a with a stick here for three R's er , if we 're forced into the corner of having to use an ignorant white hall idiots er |
| 17 | I pick up the paper and think about my father 's Social Security card sitting on my desk at home . |
| 18 | You clearly think that you 're a piece of worthless rubbish , and if I pick up those vibes , then so do the blokes . |
| 19 | I pick up the bike and return it to the shed . |
| 20 | I pick up my old self and I see it 's silly . |
| 21 | I ca n't write much this time because I 'm so near to coming home that my hand shakes every time I pick up a pen . |
| 22 | At the station I pick up my other parcel from Left Luggage , and toss it in a holdall . |
| 23 | I pick up the cards and deal a circle for Clock Patience . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , when I pick up my money for the job , they did n't seem too happy . |
| 25 | In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket . |
| 26 | I pick up the gun and pocket it . |
| 27 | I pick up my coffee and stare at the cold dregs . |
| 28 | I pick up the dangling greasy weight by the hooves soft as dogs ' pads |
| 29 | I flit from flower to flower , and I pick up different things from different flowers . ’ |
| 30 | I pick up my black ash cane and rap him smartly across the knuckles . |