Example sentences of "[vb base] pick up the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has much improved printer support , though , and with 3D graphs at long last arriving on the Lotus menu , some users will think they 've picked up the wrong spreadsheet ! |
| 2 | In an improbable , but typical , detour in a review of a book about corsets , she asks : ‘ How has it come about that feminists have picked up the masculine notion that those women who are n't self-confessed feminists do n't known what they 're doing , half the time ? ’ |
| 3 | They have picked up the wrong book and are probably in the wrong bookstore . |
| 4 | He watched Pie'oh'pah stoop to pick up the scattered clothes . |
| 5 | This is another good reason for working samples before starting the actual garment , you will be able to tell whether you need to pick up the laddered stitches or not and that can make a big difference to the overall tension . |