Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] pick up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could my night-time visitor have called in here to pick up the key he had shown me , and left the back door open at the same time ? |
| 2 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |
| 3 | This simple method avoids having to laboriously pick up the worms one by one . |
| 4 | Then came the time to really pick up the slack once more . |
| 5 | Our latest Foreign Secretary has yet to publicly pick up the file marked Hong Kong . |