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

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1 She was wearing a dark tracksuit and was smiling warmly , as if she had simply stopped on her way to the solarium to pick up a neighbour .
2 I mean if , if she wanted you to go out there today , just if then the sensible is to pick up a taxi .
3 I remember once , yeah it was like that , yeah that 's right , not one , but a few times I used to get on the train from Runcorn to Liverpool , I had an address to go to in Liverpool , rough directions how to get there , to pick up a suit or to pick up a fitting , you know you 'd get the , the different
4 Jose-Maria Olazabal starts the defence of his title today in illustrious company , teeing off with Bernhard Langer and Mark Calcavecchia , looking to pick up a £55,000 first prize .
5 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 .
6 Er , and I would like to pick up a unit after every half term but around that , you know , somewhere along get them into something really tangible
7 Being able to pick up a colour and press it on coloured paper was all very exciting .
8 TWO police officers who set out to pick up a prisoner ended up behind bars themselves , a court heard yesterday .
9 Alan Smith ( Thornaby ) beat the 70-string field ledgering bread to pick up a trio of chub totalling 7.12.0 from the willows on the buff length .
10 In this case it may be by asking the child to pick up a toy , being ignored , then compelling him or her to pick it up by physical guidance then putting the child out of the room and leaving him when the inevitable tantrum occurs .
11 As I have to come back to the airport to pick up a member of tonight 's convention it will be easy to drop you off at the same time . ’
12 And to pick up a deposit cheque .
13 A taxi driver calls to pick up a fare , the two female passengers are guaranteed that the driver is a woman .
14 His family believed he was going to pick up a bankers draft , but he never showed there and he never reported to hospital .
15 For Jackie I 'll try to pick up a paperback book .
16 And we 've got to pick up a mare that Ibn Fayoud 's bought out there .
17 That Bob Mould six-string assault is one which must have encouraged more than one listener to pick up a guitar .
18 The usual routine for the Stone family was that Chrissie , and two other mothers , alternated coming to pick up a total of five children every day .
19 He walked over to the neatly stacked rods and selected one , then bent to pick up a wicker fishing box from a corner of the room .
20 she did n't , she never bent to pick up a flower
21 Even nipping into Boots to pick up a bottle of shampoo or popping into Woolworths for some pick 'n' mix can turn out to be a major sensory-assault course .
22 This is like just allowing children to pick up a bottle of poison , and leaving it in their hands as though it is a matter of no consequence to us whether or not they drink it .
23 She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this .
24 It was so pitifully easy for the customers : the temptation so hard to resist , to pick up a bar or two of chocolate from the counter , a packet of tea from the shelf , even a bag of flour , as my aunt came from behind the counter , passed through to the kitchen , down the steps into the old still-room to draw vinegar from the cask , or paraffin from the tank ( its pump rattling up-down , up-down ) , or across the yard for corn or toppings , or up the back stairs for some item kept on the little landing ; so that the shop began to make small profit or none at all .
25 Looking at the account books — the real ones , not the fabrications served up to the Poles and the League of Nations — it was clear that Danzig 's projected budget for 1934–5 would run at a deficit of over 44 million gulden , which , when added to the employment projects the Nazis needed to keep their supporters in Danzig happy and faithful , would leave the Reichsbank to pick up a bill of over 110 million marks .
26 It is truly amazing that in a civilized country with a government staunchly committed to law and order , or so they say , that the tax payer , you Mr President , you fellow delegates , me , and my members , our members , are left to pick up a bill amounting to millions of pounds as a result of actions by certain employers , which are , without doubt , criminal , but not against the law .
27 ‘ I have to pick up a helper .
28 ‘ Pretend to pick up a stone and throw it at the dog .
29 Her friend Angela , who worked for Tiller every year in pantomime , asked Jane to accompany her to the stage door of the Hippodrome Theatre , Manchester , to pick up a contract .
30 In a fog I crawled out of bed to pick up a blanket which had fallen on the floor , and as I did so I glanced through into the living room and made out , in the darkness , Changez Lying on his camp-bed watching me .
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