Example sentences of "[modal v] pick up the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could pick up the World Service , Voice of America ( VOA ) and a number of local stations which broadcast in English and French . |
| 2 | Then he would pick up the silver hair-brush and groom her hair in slow strokes from its dark roots to its glowing auburn ends . |
| 3 | Lawton was struggling to get out of his pack the receiver that would pick up the radio signals from the miniature transceiver Forster said was attached to his slayer . |
| 4 | Always read your press releases through very carefully , possibly get somebody else to read them through , because they will pick up the spelling mistakes , the grammatical mistakes , the punctuation errors , and they will see , when they get to the end , and say , ‘ But you have n't told us when it is . ’ |
| 5 | She 'll be out of sight , and so will we until I can pick up the replacement set . ’ |