Example sentences of "picked up at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Ormerod , a geology lecturer at the Open University , has been held in Oradea , Romania , for the past three days , after being picked up at the main crossing point into Hungary . |
| 2 | ‘ The place is full most o' the time , an' since the trade 's picked up at the docks there 's more carmen comin' in all times o' the day while they 're waitin' in the rank . |
| 3 | ( There are also references in the body of the text , some of which are picked up at the end of the chapter . ) |
| 4 | Most of the cost will at first be picked up at the federal level , but the BMFT will gradually reduce its share of financial support over the eight years . |
| 5 | The tag is picked up at the end of a track and the synonym will also , on average , be at or near the end of a track , not in the middle . |
| 6 | Martin Jackson sat among the people waiting by the arrivals gate and read a journal he 'd picked up at the news-stand . |
| 7 | Glancing at his watch , Donaldson saw that it was after five ; seven hours since he 'd been picked up at the courtroom , during which time he 'd skipped lunch and spent his afternoon handing tidbits to a bright primate . |
| 8 | The phone was picked up at the other end and Charles pressed his two p into the coinbox . |
| 9 | He passed me a map and a brochure he had picked up at the hotel . |
| 10 | Later , much later , he put the book down , and the cuttings which he had picked up at the end of his reading . |
| 11 | Of the 34 recurrent duodenal ulcers detected , 23 ( 68% ) occurred in patients taking placebo , most recurrences being picked up at the scheduled 4 , 8 , and 12 month endoscopies ( 15/23 placebo , 7/11 cisapride ) . |
| 12 | An emissary from London to St Petersburg was picked up at the imperial frontier and a large number of compromising letters fell into the hands of tsarist investigators . |
| 13 | ‘ But my advice is not to panic and to wait and see how many tickets can be picked up at the last minute . ’ |
| 14 | Well you 've got another two or three hours on the journey , but having said tha well if you get picked up at the other end it 's not too bad . |