Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] pick up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If I can take out a £420 loan and have ten years to pay it back , I 'll just pick up the cheque and go out and get ratted , ’ he said .
2 I 'll just pick up the phone and , how 'll I begin ?
3 If you could just pick up a load of scrap iron and shove it on the bill under metalwork you would n't be turning up your nose at the subject .
4 If I could just pick up the point you made Councillor , I think that at the A C C discussions , there was a great deal of cognition and understanding of the need to consult with staff side , in the run up to the beginning of formal consultations .
5 He was n't blocking anything , and at the end of the alley was the street ; he 'd probably pick up a ticket between now and the time of the meeting , but that would be a small price to pay for the convenience of having less than a couple of hundred yards to drag her .
6 We had about fifteen minutes to go , and decided to try to continue to Viseu , since we could now pick up the VOR , and therefore find our way back to Vila Real if we had to .
7 When we got to the pub my hands were so swollen and red from picking up the jug and throwing it all day I could barely pick up a pint to drink . ’
8 If your technique is delivered after the referee called for a halt , then as well as not scoring you may also pick up a penalty .
9 May well pick up the bit of pa a paper .
10 I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two .
11 No doubt a research project to assess the increase of acidity by rain by heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) would also pick up the effect of accumulated dust .
12 In many companies the normal management accounting system will only pick up a currency exposure when the sales entry has been made and by that time adverse currency fluctuations could have eroded or wiped out the profit margin .
13 Well I 'm vo involved in Crossline which is a a Christian run telephone helpline , erm , we off , also offer free counselling and they find that er , there 's more men will actually pick up the telephone , cos they 're not seen erm , whereas more women will actually come in for face to face counselling .
14 He 's got this little kit , but there are hardly any mics there , and the low-decibel La 's style means that you can directly pick up every collision between muscle and wood and steel .
15 I can usually pick up a ball with one hand , but as I was laying over the ball , I had to use both hands to pick it up , and already a Cardiff forward was rushing down on me .
16 Cut a few corners , and you can maybe pick up a day or two along the way . ’
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