Example sentences of "[noun prp] have pick up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Oh no what 's he Gavin Ward has picked up a back pass .
2 Norma had picked up the idea from a little woman in Brixton .
3 Miss Braithwaite had picked up the gap in Hereward 's curriculum vitae fast enough .
4 Maxim had picked up the story from friends in the Intelligence Corps .
5 It made it worse when we knew Watson had picked up a shot here .
6 Jay had picked up a pattern of sleeplessness over the last five months .
7 Martin Birchall has picked up the Photographer of the Year award for the second time .
8 Richie had picked up the urgency in his voice and had stopped chewing .
9 More confused than ever Mungo had picked up The Forest and the Fire , turning to page 119 .
10 Cowley had picked up the phone and was listening quietly .
11 As Fulbright presented it , in what amounted to a proclamation of American innocence and British guilt , the US had been had' by her allies ; and while this may not appear to be entirely convincing , Fulbright had picked up the importance of what Acheson had described as the danger of Ho Chi Minh 's ‘ direct communist connection ’ — and might , indeed , have gone further .
12 Chalon has picked up a stone . ’
13 A final vote showed Tory support remained solid while the LibDems had picked up a handful of votes at Labour 's expense .
14 Alice had picked up a spoon ready to ladle out the stew on to a plate , but she paused and looked at her daughter hard as she said , ‘ You do n't know what it 's all about , do you ?
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