Example sentences of "[adv] pick [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say the way to a man 's heart is through his stomach , so pick up an elegant Gentleman 's Gift Tray from Waitrose at £13.50 . |
| 2 | He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum . |
| 3 | Without another word , Bert Rafferty gently picked up the frightened child and made towards the cliff . |
| 4 | Because of this , it can operate for 15 hours continuously at full power , stopping only to pick up a new coal pack . |
| 5 | Er now we , the pensioners , had no choice , we were picked up and put into the new scheme having paid our contributions appropriately to the old scheme rules which were the higher contributions , but only to pick up the new scheme rules that were against our interest . |
| 6 | The prince , at a loss with the complexities of women , was quick enough to pick up an offered lead , and not infrequently bettered the prompting , as he did now . |
| 7 | These jelly-filled tubes have electroreceptor cells at their ends , delicate enough to pick up the tiny discharges of the prey 's body . |
| 8 | She took a deep breath , made the effort to be mature enough to pick up the olive branch . |
| 9 | More might have tuned in to hear him but their radio sets were not powerful enough to pick up the German stations broadcasting in English . |
| 10 | I can only pick up the linguistic crumbs . |
| 11 | He 's already picked up a thousand pounds tomorrow he 'll receive a copy of his short story — The Green Moustache , which er got him into the final along with the other eleven winning stories which are being published in an anthology , which is hot off the presses from the publishers Collins . |
| 12 | ‘ Just picked up an odd-looking customer . |
| 13 | But for her insistence on being free for Dickie 's holidays she could have had a ward sister 's job in Benedict 's by just picking up the nearest telephone . |
| 14 | Biological systems tend to normally pick up a particular isomer in most cases , if they pick up the wrong one it will affect , for example the protein chain it will affect , ultimately , its three dimensional structure and therefore , it 's function . |
| 15 | G Chairman , if I could just pick up a deliberate accuracy rather than |
| 16 | This is an extremely dangerous area and it is an area in which the CTO can easily pick up a considerable amount of tax if practitioners are not fully aware of the dangers . |
| 17 | So you know what this is a measure of it 's not a measure of anything it does n't mean that one group 's done better than the others it just means that 's the way it 's been measured the work that they 've done has been measured by another group which is n't good or bad it 's just hopefully picking out the important criteria and applying them to the work that we 've done and the notes we 've produced and the way we 've marked other people 's . |
| 18 | Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury . |
| 19 | From a general mass of information I can usually pick out the precise thing I 'm looking for |
| 20 | The drier ingredients such as the nuts wo n't immediately stick to the truffles , but if you continue gently rolling them , they will gradually pick up an even coating . |
| 21 | He calmly picked up the fallen keys , climbed into the car and drove away , leaving the widow staring at her dead husband . |
| 22 | A WINE bar , at the Anglesey end of Thomas Telford 's historic Menai Suspension Bridge , yesterday picked up a prestigious award . |
| 23 | POLICE yesterday picked up a discarded safe which was stolen from Darlington Health Authority 's offices . |
| 24 | At least confident that Spouse will enjoy , and probably pick up a few tips from , biography of Hitler . |
| 25 | The yachts later picked up a freshening breeze which reached Force 5 approaching the island . |
| 26 | And the 38-year-old Avon rider could also pick up a fourth team medal , with the British quartet poised to win the title for the fifth time on the trot . |
| 27 | For example , if at P the parcel had no motion in the east-west direction across the planet 's surface and the planet 's axial rotation is prograde then it will pick up motion across the grid towards the east , and in moving northwards will end up for example at Q. If it were in the southern hemisphere and moved southward it would also pick up an eastwards movement . |
| 28 | All League clubs get a share of tour profits and the 39 tourists will also pick up an extra cash bonus on top of their weekly tour wages and Test win bonuses . |
| 29 | Harris , who also picked up a speeding conviction last year , was disqualified from driving for 21 days and fined £100 . |
| 30 | Paul also picked up the monthly prize for February when other winners were Peter Daly ( South Home Counties ) , Bob Bray ( Midlands and South West England ) , Alastair Valentine ( East Scotland ) , Paul Melvin ( Glasgow ) and Marjory Simpson ( North Scotland ) . |