Example sentences of "to pick up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All you could do was show warmth and love and affection , and continue to " be there " to pick up the bits . |
| 2 | Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears . |
| 3 | Scientific examination can be used to assess the extent of repairs or new work , and to pick up the joins and fillers used to disguise them . |
| 4 | Chopra stared at the space station , trying to pick up the memories of a past age . |
| 5 | As soon as she stopped struggling and stood motionless he let her go and bent to pick up the shoes she 'd dropped . |
| 6 | A neighbouring school may decide to cut back on special needs provision or transport to the swimming baths or some other expensive provision and an influx of recruits from that school may be looking to you to pick up the bills . |
| 7 | Public subsidy may therefore be desirable , but the public commitment to pick up the bills requires public monitoring to ensure that the monopolist continues to minimize costs and produce efficiently . |
| 8 | Linda opened the front door for the milk , and stooped to pick up the bottles . |
| 9 | Gedge was anxious to save money and went down to London on a coach to pick up the singles . |
| 10 | She 'd bent down to pick up the purchases at her feet , and as she rose again she 'd caught sight of a face she knew , looking straight at her through the moving mesh of people . |
| 11 | The Kremlin Armoury and the Hermitage sent their trucks to pick up the shipments at customs , and to make the rounds in their respective cities . |
| 12 | Talk about playing golf while Rome burns ; just leave the canny Scots to pick up the bargains . |
| 13 | Camcorder microphones are contrary devices : sometimes they fail to pick up the sounds that they should , and sometimes they hear things that they should n't . |
| 14 | She stoops to pick up the leaves , then drops them as ( by a cut ) they transform into a knife . |
| 15 | Expecting a word processor operator to pick up the elements of design , typography and layout skills by simply going on a two-day course is just not realistic . |
| 16 | In addition , all water authorities spent large sums on routine river maintenance on farmland ; and still more money was spent by the Ministry of Agriculture in contributing between 30 and 70 per cent of the cost of farmers held drainage , designed to pick up the benefits of lowering the water level , a result of river engineering schemes . |
| 17 | Isabel , backing further into the shadows , dared to breathe again when the soldier went to pick up the ale-cups . |
| 18 | The antics of the children as they scrambled and tried to pick up the coins were one of the highlights of the day . |
| 19 | Artemis and Rosie both stood in silent uncertainty for a moment before Rosie began to pick up the marbles and put them back in their small cloth sack . |
| 20 | ‘ Nibs McGovern met that train every day with his trolley to pick up the papers and the Boland loaves that the shops got for special customers . |
| 21 | He reached past her to pick up the papers , a faint smile curling his chiselled lips as he scanned the typewritten sheets . |
| 22 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
| 23 | I had to strain over the table to pick up the words . |
| 24 | Other ships converged to pick up the passengers but many were lost . |
| 25 | The basic framework of that popular culture was fairly obvious for urban workers not only lived close together in distinctive communities but had also begun to pick up the rudiments of an education and they had both savings and time to spare . |
| 26 | It is we , after all , who have to pick up the pieces and begin again the struggle to live our lives with dignity , and in freedom from arbitrary and authoritarian policing . |
| 27 | Just as I was about to pick up the pieces of card once more , I stopped transfixed . |
| 28 | It was Mellor , as junior Home Office Minister , who was left by Mrs Thatcher to pick up the pieces when the last government went badly over the top in its determination to reshape television by deregulation , irrespective of quality . |
| 29 | So we have to pick up the pieces on this one . ’ |
| 30 | As proved by history , women are the ones who have to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of war . |