Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] pick up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I used to love listening to Elvis records , which helped me pick up the lingo , and now everyone in the business calls me the Rocking Singh . |
| 2 | After a while he went out into the hall and I heard him pick up the thing that makes noises and which he talks into when there 's no-one here . |
| 3 | She had her back to him when she heard him pick up the mug . |
| 4 | Afterwards he took her to pick up the ring . |
| 5 | She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side . |
| 6 | ( Why Why did I pick up the telephone ) |
| 7 | Did you pick up the video ? ’ |
| 8 | Radio ham Chris Thorndyke , 45 , from Bury St Edmonds , Suffolk , said she picked up the report . |
| 9 | ‘ Had you picked up the skills by watching your mother ? ’ |
| 10 | The driver of the jeep said they picked up the Arab for questioning because he could not explain what he was doing in the area . |
| 11 | She hoped he picked up the phone quickly . |
| 12 | The London driver said he picked up the brothers at Grosvenor House Hotel after the Players ' Union awards dinner last Sunday . |
| 13 | Now before you do anything , if we set set it to pick up the Panasonic K X P Eleven Twenty Four |