Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] pick up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel , backing further into the shadows , dared to breathe again when the soldier went to pick up the ale-cups . |
| 2 | A Swedish yacht helped pick up the survivors . |
| 3 | I would stand on the doorstep waiting to pick up the children with my ex-wife sneering at me . |
| 4 | Husband took off his blue-tinted glasses and polished them on a silk handkerchief chosen to pick up the colours of both his suit and his tie . |
| 5 | But the Retail Butcher of the Year promised to pick up the pieces and re-open as soon as possible . |