Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] pick up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a plain wooden table spread with literature she picked up a booklet and offered it to Melissa , who took it with some hesitation . |
| 2 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 3 | At the meat fridge I picked up a pack of ground beef . |
| 4 | As they left the store they picked up a copy of Allied 's 1991/1992 brochure and found the carpet was normally priced at £9.99 . |
| 5 | If you read that the way you picked up a wine glass was magical , then you can never do that again unself-consciously ’ — Actress Anna Massey . |
| 6 | The socialist , the feminist , or the worker who picks up a cheap print of the Memorial Sheet to Karl Liebknecht ( 1919 ) , is not prioritising the formal elements which attracted Max Lehrs as writing , ‘ It would be very regrettable if ( Kollowitz ‘ etchings ) found approval from the public merely because of their social content … = Art should not and can not serve the changing goals of parties . ’ |
| 7 | Along the way they picked up a Swedish girl , Eva Vincett , who had married an Englishman , so then there were three ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ The first time I picked up a 12 bore , it was bigger than me and the men all laughed . |
| 10 | I do n't trust you and I shall be breathing down your neck next time you pick up a phone . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |