Example sentences of "[art] [noun] pick [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The board picks up the signal , and translates it into digital data , which is then stored as a data file on the computer 's hard disk . |
| 2 | The phototransistor picks up the light emitted by the l.e.d. in the transmitter section and converts it into an analogue electrical signal . |
| 3 | The driver picked up the wallet and flicked it open , his gaze going between its contents and the road . |
| 4 | The monitor picks up the amount of ultraviolet or UV rays coming from the sun . |
| 5 | The sensors pick up the change which is then fed back directly to alter the temperature or some other variable . |
| 6 | The minibus picks up the Inspirals party outside the hotel in Japantown , San Francisco at 10.30 the next morning , a Sunday . |
| 7 | The girl picked up the receiver , soap suds streaming on to its cover . |
| 8 | The sun picks out the muscles in his back . |
| 9 | The sun picked up the colours of a girl 's dress . |
| 10 | ‘ Still , ’ said Sam , ‘ they let the dossers pick up the ones they throw out . ’ |
| 11 | The boy picked up the knife and was about to cut into the cake when he stopped . |
| 12 | The NHS picks up the tab , ’ he says . |
| 13 | The general picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 14 | Everyone made it back to the rendezvous where they laid up for the day , returning in the evening to pick up the SBS group which had managed to deal with the radio station . |
| 15 | One of the officers picked up the packet from the coffee table and counted fifteen more joints . |
| 16 | Drawing a field means that the hounds are guided by the huntsmen and whippers-in across the field until the hounds pick up the scent of a hare . |
| 17 | The sentry picked up the tags , stared at the photos and at our faces . |
| 18 | Kathleen had never been one for jewellery and the amethyst picked up the heather mauve of Isabel 's new dress and even , she thought , gave something of a fresh nuance to her mist-blue eyes . |
| 19 | If the person picks up the keys , then he or she can become the next sleeping beauty . |
| 20 | Then , still smiling , Isambard forced the boy 's wrists together , enclosed and held them mercilessly in one lean , muscular hand , and with the other picked up the dagger and tossed it after his own sword . |
| 21 | The Keeper picked up the cage and backed out , his helper careful to close the gate quickly behind him as he came out . |
| 22 | GPs also complain , quite rightly , that hospital staff making , for example , discharge plans for a group of patients to a new home or hostel sometimes neglect to discuss the plans with the primary care team — normally the local general practice together with its team of doctors , nurses and other specialists — yet expect the GPs to pick up the pieces when something goes wrong . |
| 23 | Slowly the Captain picked up the half-sovereign , and as slowly rubbed it on his sleeve . |
| 24 | The guide picked up the rifle , shot and castrated him , and made off . |
| 25 | The Quartet picks up the novel where Thru leaves it , dissected and decentred in vitro , and returns it to the social and historical context out of which it arose . |
| 26 | I objected in Committee and in the House tonight to his implication — it was not stated in so many words — that the £780 million would be paid locally by the other people in the area picking up the bill for the single-person households . |
| 27 | They were concerned at the failure of the surveyor to pick up the problem , and at the cost and difficulty of seeking redress . |
| 28 | The child sat down , more from surprise than the force of the blow ; the woman picked up the shopping bags and walked on ; she knew that she was in danger of missing the train now . |
| 29 | The risk theory , therefore , requires an important value judgment in relation to any particular governmental activity : if that activity inflicts loss on private individuals , should those individuals be expected to bear it or should the government pick up the bill ? |
| 30 | After a couple of hours , the researchers showed each personality the lists , plus a randomly mixed list , and asked the subject to pick out the words he or she recognised . |