Example sentences of "pick up [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , the fire pumps can , can raise water up to thirty feet from the ground , erm and they , they can pick up water of course from fire hydrants , which is situated all , all , in most streets anyway . |
| 2 | And if the road starts to go downhill , you can even pick up speed without any further pedalling . |
| 3 | For example , if at P the parcel had no motion in the east-west direction across the planet 's surface and the planet 's axial rotation is prograde then it will pick up motion across the grid towards the east , and in moving northwards will end up for example at Q. If it were in the southern hemisphere and moved southward it would also pick up an eastwards movement . |
| 4 | The greater affluence of rural patients may explain the better pick up rate in rural areas , but compensating for socioeconomic and ethnic differences between rural and urban areas ( which were small ) would be expected to increase the differences in retinopathy observed . |
| 5 | Never has an apostrophe , it 's only on a noun that you 're going to do it , so , you could pick up sort of , just little , clues there as to , how to remember what you 're doing . |
| 6 | Mr Bain hopes FKB 's other US companies can pick up business from the non-drugs operations of those clients . |