Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] pick up the [noun] " 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 | They would also mingle with unwary humans for spite , selling jewellery and magic cloth at the village fete — when the purchaser leant to pick up the item , the fee would twist his arm and fling him to the ground . |
| 3 | The man had picked up the ball , and peered down at Nick through dark-rimmed , bleary eyes . |
| 4 | But the Retail Butcher of the Year promised to pick up the pieces and re-open as soon as possible . |
| 5 | The principal of the public high school happened to pick up the telephone himself . |
| 6 | ‘ The police called the shop 's manager Jonathan White at 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning to say that the audio alarm had picked up the sound of a bomb going off . |
| 7 | The three-year-old had picked up the patter from watching his dad Keith on the airwaves . |