Example sentences of "[was/were] pick up [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-five days later three survivors , all wounded , were picked up from a raft and taken to Capetown . |
| 2 | All the bills were picked up by a consortium of local banks and newspapers . |
| 3 | They were picked up by a Kalafrana H.S.L. ( High Speed Launch ) and proved to be the crew of a Ju87 . |
| 4 | The refugees were picked up by a convoy of buses at the Austrian border . |
| 5 | His choice of words , perhaps , was unfortunate , especially as they were picked up by a TV microphone and broadcast clearly to the nations . |
| 6 | But we made rather a mistake on the way back , and we were picked up by an Army lorry and taken to West Friar House on the south side and given hot tea and something to eat . |
| 7 | Then we were picked up in a BBC limo to go and review the papers on Breakfast Time . |
| 8 | It was picked up on a £300 scanner near Andrew 's naval base at Portland , Dorset . |
| 9 | He landed about 300 yards from a destroyer and was picked up with a leg broken in four places and a broken arm . |
| 10 | TONY White was picked up within a month of the robbery at his Rotherhithe home , on suspicion of handling . |
| 11 | No girl , reported David Riesman , the sociologist , would go to a dance unless she was picked up in a car belonging to or driven by her escort , which was likely to be ‘ the second car ’ . |
| 12 | It was picked up after a couple of rings . |
| 13 | I was picked up by a taxi driver once and we were going along and he said , ‘ Oh , I know that voice — oh , do n't tell me — you 're Jeremy Pascal , are n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | He was picked up by a rescue boat , but onlookers say THAT craft was then involved in a second accident . |
| 15 | The Range Rover came into Belfast and was picked up by an army escort of two personnel-carriers on the outskirts . |
| 16 | He was picked up by an RAF helicopter at Crowdy , near Davidstow . |