Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] pick up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After sewing the neck shape I either overlock the shoulders or pick up the stitches on a darning needle using the same colour yarn . |
| 2 | The cells that contain the chlorophyll that picks up the photons are mostly sandwiched in the spongy heart ( the mesophyll ) of the leaf . |
| 3 | To pick them up , moisten the paintbrush slightly , draw out the bristles to make a fine point and pick up the aphids with the tip of the brush . |
| 4 | ‘ They look to be part of a community and picking up the rules of the culture . |
| 5 | She rushed back to the living room and picked up the snaps . |
| 6 | Whimper like a whipped puppy , Jay , have a drink and pick up the pieces . |
| 7 | Hari pushed past the woman and picked up the boots hugging them to her in a rush of relief . |
| 8 | A senior corporation planner in the Northeast , who spends most of his time not so much planning as picking up the pieces of careless politics , recalled the principle of high-rise : |
| 9 | Sometimes it seemed that those who loved them were almost willing the band to spend their lives touring pubs , returning to Farnborough merely to return the empties and pick up the bills . |