Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind has picked up a bit , and there is a light snow falling . |
| 2 | But City have picked up a bit with a draw at Chelsea and a comfortable win against Crystal Palace , and with the suspended Morley replaced by Oldfield , who knows where the goal is , they will be confident today . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've picked up a bit , ’ Emily said , ‘ but the law takes a kind of mind . |
| 4 | I had picked up a bit of surgery from him , of course , so here I am . |
| 5 | ‘ Still , it 's picked up a bit since . ’ |
| 6 | her husband died she 'd picked out a bit of land all this and I borrowed this and one thing and another , so well they never found a penny ! |
| 7 | I 'm surprised that we 're not picking up a bit more a few more highlights , it 's a bit . |
| 8 | Well I hope you 've been able to pick up a bit of something but I 'm not very good at it myself cos old days and old times . |
| 9 | All he had to do was stroll down to Underwoods and pick up a bit of dynercaprol and potassium chloride . |
| 10 | We say well pick up a bit of experience here |
| 11 | Though he could pick up a bit on the stable management , if he 'd a mind . |
| 12 | Mr Reed ‘ picked up a bit of consulting work ’ following his resignation and heard no more until his arrest five months later . |
| 13 | Then I picked up a bit of naan bread and mopped up my curry sauce . |
| 14 | ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit . |
| 15 | erm er and the spelling of it , you , you asked , I think , about the , about the Bridgit side of it and so on and , and questioned that and then again later on picked up a bit about the er tt about the spelling of the children 's names so you , you went along with him on , on that . |