Example sentences of "picked up [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I replaced Debonair and picked up Lovedolls . |
| 2 | Toddler walks with her had been a superhuman test of patience as she squatted by every puddle , slowly stirring the water with sticks , and picked up myriads of stones , tenderly brushing them free of earth and inserting them with infinite laboriousness into pockets already grinding with pebbles . |
| 3 | On the night of 13 March the U.852 sank a steamer called the Peleus and then cruised round the area shining a searchlight on wreckage and survivors while the ship 's first lieutenant , doctor and engineer officer with two ratings picked up guns and grenades and by indiscriminate firing endeavoured to destroy all traces of the sinking before the patrolling aircraft arrived in the morning . |
| 4 | We parked in the car park and picked up copies of the RSPB-designed trail leaflet at the Visitor Centre , a converted stone chapel . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , during journeys to Palestine and to Egypt , I picked up copies of The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding . |
| 6 | She bent down to retrieve the best china from the floor , whilst Ray picked up teaspoons with one hand and dabbed at the goat 's milk with the other holding his handkerchief . |
| 7 | Passengers were ordered off as the double-decker picked up casualties from the Welcome Inn at Eltham , London . |
| 8 | People picked up hitch-hikers all the time . |
| 9 | She picked up Memories & Hallucinations and idly turned the pages . |
| 10 | The methods Souness used when he set about a struggling Rangers , turned them around and picked up Championships and cups , prepared us for what was on the way at Anfield . |
| 11 | And he still picked up bits of stuff . |
| 12 | Sun discovered Praxsys after it acquired the PC half of Interactive and picked up rights to it . |
| 13 | The Killing Fields , made in 1984 , was nominated for six Academy Awards and picked up honours for best supporting actor , photography and editing . |
| 14 | 4 children from Swindon picked up lambs here at Southleaze farm and picked up a dangerous parasite , cryptosporidium . |
| 15 | In the hour before dawn , when the pulsar had risen above the horizon and the sky was still dark , they picked up pulsations at the correct rate — and , as confirmation , found them again the following morning . |
| 16 | who also picked up trophies for best new editor and a special award for most promising newcomer , said : ‘ I was quite simply amazed . |
| 17 | The actors drifted away from the centre of the room to the safety of the walls , where they picked up crosswords , fiddled with knitting , lit cigarettes and gave generally unconvincing impressions of people who were n't worried about what was about to happen . |
| 18 | Kelly and Forrester picked up knocks on Saturday but are both expected to be fit for Battyburn . |
| 19 | Well , cos I mean if he goes to school now and he did n't , he picked up things and then |
| 20 | The meeting broke up quickly as the other men in the room rose from wherever they had found to sit , some on chairs but most cross-legged on the floor , picked up weapons and equipment , and began to file out . |
| 21 | They picked up scores of children who should have been in class , and found that many stay away from school with their parents ' knowledge and consent . |
| 22 | There was not a single soft , liberal policy for which he picked up votes . |
| 23 | From the witnesses , I picked up details about his work , his friends , his childhood , his Dreams . |
| 24 | Murray ( SDLP ) picked up transfers from all parties but not enough to do better than to become runner-up . |
| 25 | Yeah but it was n't done in a , in an enthusiastic manner it was like a sort of well who do you know like friend , family that sort of thing and at the beginning I thought you was a bit more positive but I thought when you were revisiting the , the planning the future that might have been nerves right at the beginning of the session , you then relaxed and your pace all slowed down , excellent at reminding er Jim picked up referrals mentioned earlier , handled the objection okay , do n't remember you asking Jim to contact them beforehand do n't think you did , Jim did he ? |
| 26 | News stories overlapped : morning paper headlines took account of the previous evening 's radio and TV stories , and the electronic media picked up items from the daily press ( all these developments , indeed , applied to radio as well as to TV ) . |
| 27 | Charlie picked up rumours and counter-rumours of what the future might hold for them . |
| 28 | No one was able to give us at that time the valuable advice which I only picked up years later , namely that the great danger in cholera was dehydration , necessitating that the sufferer be given frequent drinks of cold water previously boiled . |
| 29 | ‘ The Geiger counter picked up levels of radiation but we already knew those kegs had been stored in that particular freight car . |
| 30 | The Tories have been celebrating a night of remarkable victories in the region 's local elections.They picked up seats on almost every council in their best performance in years . |