Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] pick up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You want me to pick up the tab . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I used to love listening to Elvis records , which helped me pick up the lingo , and now everyone in the business calls me the Rocking Singh . |
| 3 | Er I suggest you pick up the phone and you give us a call now on , alright ? |
| 4 | I want somebody whose sitting there listening to the radio sort of er just relaxed and I I just want you to pick up the phone and ring . |
| 5 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |
| 6 | Clive uses the Chevvy like a normal family car … he takes it to work and uses it to pick up the shopping . |
| 7 | I think a lot of people who suffer from asthma type diseases here do suffer quite severely erm because of this and I think that at some point we 're probably going to have to , to look at it and try and devise a system which , which allows us to pick up the grass . |
| 8 | After a while he went out into the hall and I heard him pick up the thing that makes noises and which he talks into when there 's no-one here . |
| 9 | She had her back to him when she heard him pick up the mug . |
| 10 | Although he was no relation to Charles , his surname had inspired him to pick up the pen . |
| 11 | I believe I picked up the tape-recorder in much the same spirit — because I felt that whatever we did here ought to have a rather spontaneous feel to it , and yet at the same time be noticeably hard-wearing . |
| 12 | Now we pay we pick up the tab at the Grand Hotel for those three days in-house . |
| 13 | I could hear him pick up the telephone and dial a number . |
| 14 | A few minutes after restarting he picked up the autobahn to Salzburg . |
| 15 | go I pick up the accent . |
| 16 | Afterwards he took her to pick up the ring . |
| 17 | She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side . |
| 18 | ( Why Why did I pick up the telephone ) |
| 19 | Did you pick up the video ? ’ |
| 20 | How do you pick up the ones that need correcting ? |
| 21 | Why do you pick up the evening paper and linger over tales of local gossip or distress when you have important tasks to carry out ? |
| 22 | We are not in the business of expecting other people who can ill afford it to pick up the cost of a single person 's discount for the rich . |
| 23 | Off he went to Great Scotland Yard , in that frightful double-breasted suit , silly flat cap and flashy green tie , carrying all the worries of the Empire on his shoulders , leaving me to pick up the pieces . |
| 24 | Radio ham Chris Thorndyke , 45 , from Bury St Edmonds , Suffolk , said she picked up the report . |
| 25 | ‘ Had you picked up the skills by watching your mother ? ’ |
| 26 | The driver of the jeep said they picked up the Arab for questioning because he could not explain what he was doing in the area . |
| 27 | They sometimes fancy they pick up the voices of the past , answering their prayers , and after presenting their gifts of flowers and fruit , they come away filled with hope that the great loas have agreed to grant whatever they were being implored to do . |
| 28 | She hoped he picked up the phone quickly . |
| 29 | The London driver said he picked up the brothers at Grosvenor House Hotel after the Players ' Union awards dinner last Sunday . |
| 30 | Does he pick up the idea quickly or , if he does not , does he stay calm and keep trying until he does ? |