Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [noun] pick [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mick ( Yarm Piscatorials ) started on the groundbait feeder and maggot picking up mainly dace and a sprinkling of roach then , as the tide dropped , switched to the stickfloat down the edge to net the bulk of his winning haul . |
| 2 | With Steve Bull suffering from the worst goalscoring drought of his career and Wolves picking up just three points from a possible 21 , Turner faces problems . |
| 3 | ‘ Overall , the forecasts are for a year of slow recovery from the 1991 recession , with production , demand and imports picking up and exports slowing a little ’ he concluded . |
| 4 | When the room number and balance pick up check digits are entered they are verified electronically and if incorrect the terminal will reject the entire entry as invalid thus eliminating a common error in posting to guest 's folio . |
| 5 | What 's more , with so much emphasis placed upon cultivating a creative youth — schools and parents actively promoting music , local radio and TV picking up regional talent , the reasonable cost of good equipment and the ease with which quality demos and records can be made , plus the all-round encouragement young people receive in all recreational pursuits these days — means it was almost certainly harder to break out in those starchy , stifling times than it is now . |
| 6 | The Council 's initiative to set up a multi-professional group to address the borough 's drugs problem was well conceived for it allowed , for the first time , the information and concerns picked up by various parties in relation to heroin to be pulled together . |
| 7 | The local press and radio picked up the story and carried it week after week — for a couple of years the gay struggle was big news for the folks back home . |
| 8 | Sophie watched as he led her into the office and Joanna picked up a chair . |