Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] pick [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 Er I suggest you pick up the phone and you give us a call now on , alright ?
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 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 .
7 You want me to pick up the tab . ’
8 She had her back to him when she heard him pick up the mug .
9 From the corner of her eye , she watched him pick up the first coil of rope .
10 She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side .
11 As she went she picked up the expensive bottle of wine .
12 She hoped he picked up the phone quickly .
13 When one cooled she picked up the other and spat to test it .
14 Now we pay we pick up the tab at the Grand Hotel for those three days in-house .
15 Afterwards he took her to pick up the ring .
16 Here , let me help you pick up the bedding and we 'll take it downstairs .
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