Example sentences of "picking up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assumed the Maggot was delivering or picking up a customer , but it was none of my business , so I stripped down to my shorts and began work as Thessy , his brother Philemon and their father took a battered wooden skiff across the lagoon . |
| 2 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 3 | There would be no point in picking up a man — even a man who 'd given CI5 the slip years before — when that man was coming to them . |
| 4 | Baker , 33 , understudy to injured first-choice Craig Forrest , played through the pain barrier during Ipswich 's 2-2 draw with Coventry City last Saturday after picking up a groin injury . |
| 5 | Picking up a sheet of paper , she casually unfolded it , and then gave an exclamation . |
| 6 | And bamboo is such a vigorous grower , a visit here can bring a whole new meaning to picking up a pot plant . |
| 7 | McCoist , who has a phenomenal 34 goals already this season , is undergoing treatment after picking up a calf muscle injury at Dundee on Saturday . |
| 8 | Answer the telephone promptly and make a habit of picking up a pencil and notepad at the same time — being kept waiting will make the caller impatient . |
| 9 | The contrast between Wilkinson and Ivanisevic on court could hardly have been sharper the towering 6ft 5ins Croat against a relatively feeble-looking Briton , coughing regularly between points after picking up a cold . |
| 10 | For many people there is an aura of mystery about dealing on the money markets but it just involves picking up a telephone , ringing two or three numbers , asking the price of something ( the interest or discount rate ) , and buying from the cheapest source . |
| 11 | Observation of operator performance within many high technology systems reveals nothing more than a person sitting at a desk scanning various kinds of displays at intervals and just occasionally picking up a telephone , making a note in a log-book or manipulating a control . |
| 12 | In fact the latest development is that they do n't even do that by picking up a telephone , the message is teleprinted on , onto a message pad there , and when they run in they pull off this pad , and there 's the whole text for what they 've got to do , where they 've got to go , and so on . |
| 13 | Yes because previous to this year , erm the R C E has been picking up a proportion of their costs . |
| 14 | Soundlessly she mimed picking up a phone and speaking into it . |
| 15 | I 'm surprised that we 're not picking up a bit more a few more highlights , it 's a bit . |
| 16 | Parker has not played in United 's last five matches after picking up a hamstring strain on March 14 . |
| 17 | ‘ Traviata , ’ he exclaimed , picking up a cassette . |
| 18 | And others she did n't recognize : a young woman from over the sea , sometimes dressed in a nun 's habit , sometimes holding a clear-handled gun ; a foreign man , dark-complexioned and dangerous , his hands red with blood ; a beautiful young-old man with generous lips , picking up a guitar and smiling ; and a man in a tropical suit , with a deathshead skull behind his smile . |
| 19 | When the opportunity beckoned , he made his point by the simple expedient of picking up a worm and popping it into the panting youngster 's mouth . |
| 20 | Wearing plastic gloves , he was picking up a pipe from a glass bowl to slip it inside a transparent bag . |
| 21 | Picking up a stick , I whacked Estrelita on her rump . |
| 22 | ‘ Or these , ’ she added , picking up a gossamer fine silk stocking and crumpling it into a weightless ball in her hand . |
| 23 | Bud Collins , one of America 's leading tennis commentators and writers , who wrote the foreword , assures me that he has seen Wegner prove the point by teaching newcomers from seven to seventy keep a reasonable rally going within two hours of them first picking up a racket . |
| 24 | I usually look forward to Family Day , but I can honestly say that this year I 'm beginning to dread it , ’ said Rachel , then , picking up a pile of records , she said , ‘ This wo n't do , we must get on , otherwise we 'll never finish these medicals . ’ |
| 25 | Picking up a PC at the supermarket |
| 26 | The Queen is very quick at picking up a clue and following it through without giving the game away . |
| 27 | The convenience of picking up a power-tool without having to plug it in has brought a new freedom to woodworkers . |
| 28 | ‘ Prime Minister out for a duck , ’ he muttered as he drew back from picking up a china duck at an Accrington factory . |
| 29 | Steffi Graf has won it for six of the last seven years , picking up a cheque for around £45,000 for her latest victory in October . |
| 30 | The winner will feature on the Miss Pears soap cartons for the following year and have her picture painted for the Pears portrait gallery , as well as picking up a cheque for £1000 . |