Example sentences of "pick up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know the kind of thing I mean : the chickens dart into the mêlée , pick up a morsel of food , and then charge off to eat it in comparative quiet . |
| 2 | Alternatively , the pronoun problem may be avoided by recasting a sentence ( for example , ‘ pick up baby when he cries ’ might become ‘ always pick up a crying baby ’ ) or by pluralising ( ‘ pick up babies when they cry ’ ) . |
| 3 | During a pause between Mice , I noticed a poorly-dressed woman pick up a twenty-pound note in surprise . |
| 4 | To find out more about how Regional Railways have changed their ways , telephone Darlington ( 0325 ) 355111 or York ( 0904 ) 642155 or pick up a folder and timetable from your nearest staffed station . |
| 5 | To pick them up , moisten the paint-brush slightly , draw out the bristles to make a fine point , and pick up a larva with the tip of the brush and put it gently on to the new plant . |
| 6 | The bream pick up a bait by simply sucking it to the edge of their lips , and then move away from the main shoal to consume it . |
| 7 | Instead , pick up a pen , close your eyes and try to jab your biro down in the bull's-eye . |
| 8 | Alternatively pick up a pen and a piece of paper and compose your own speech immediately after reading all these for inspiration . |
| 9 | So grab five minutes for yourself , pick up a pen and write to us — we ca n't wait to get your letters . |
| 10 | I ca n't write much this time because I 'm so near to coming home that my hand shakes every time I pick up a pen . |
| 11 | Its amazing the number of computer users that pick up a pen or pencil to take a telephone message when they 're sitting in front of a working PC ! |
| 12 | The non-crystalline , that is the amorphous cellulose , has no mechanism for protecting its hydroxyls from moisture , since most of them are not firmly attached to their neighbours , and so they pick up a shell , round each hydroxyl , of any water molecules which are available . |
| 13 | You will soon learn how it behaves in the pan , but if agonising doubts gather as you gaze down upon a yellow heavy flake , pick up a stone and crush the flake . |
| 14 | All he had to do was stroll down to Underwoods and pick up a bit of dynercaprol and potassium chloride . |
| 15 | We say well pick up a bit of experience here |
| 16 | Those guys did n't stop the car , jump out and pick up a parcel . |
| 17 | Pick up a heap of leaves at one point . |
| 18 | The most common reason for a biomusical is opportunism : take a star like Judy Garland or John Lennon , and you pick up a hit title and a hit score ready-made . |
| 19 | Use the map to get up to the ladder on the other side and climb out onto the platform , pick up a crate and kill the workman , now kill the green blob and complete the level by reaching the flag . |
| 20 | From the start , pick up a crate and kill the policeman , continue right , dodging the dog on the way , climb the ladder to where the mugger prowls , dodge him and grab the ‘ ? ’ ( 50 points ) and the records , climb upwards , collecting records on the way , kill the workman with the crate and thus gain access to the roof of the building , avoid climbing the crane ( there 's nothing of interest there ) , climb up the ladder and kill the policeman , run right and jump off the edge to the end of the building . |
| 21 | She , one day she tell me dat she saw a ghost — or somefing like a ghost , a person who come in the house — she tell me she pick up a brick and break i bones — de ting run like she no know what . |
| 22 | PICK UP A PHONE … |
| 23 | I do n't trust you and I shall be breathing down your neck next time you pick up a phone . ’ |
| 24 | So what you 're saying is then , you like the idea of every time you pick up a phone you make , you earn a pound . |
| 25 | As for the new US system of having a laundry pick up a bucket each day — the worst is over by the time you have put the diaper in the bucket . |
| 26 | It 's nice when you pick up a guitar , knowing it to be a company 's idea of what a first electric should be like , and finding that they 've got it just about right . |
| 27 | He can flick a football over his head with perfect control , pick up a guitar and find a tune . |
| 28 | They pick up a calculator , and everybody 's got those these days . |
| 29 | So , pack your cycle clips and either pick up a brochure from your local travel agent or call us on freephone . |
| 30 | Pick up a redundancy cheque ; |