Example sentences of "[not/n't] pick up the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Fairbrother had not picked up the emphasis in that suggestion , and Richard decided to let it go .
2 Irina however had not picked up the seriousness of his last words .
3 Perhaps you 're not picking up the tone .
4 DO NOT PICK UP THE TELEPHONE
5 Do not pick up the telephone
6 Do not pick up the detonator of the telephone
7 Elinor did not pick up the pan and hurl it across the room .
8 ‘ We did not pick up the fact he had died .
9 This time she had n't picked up the thread automatically .
10 She 's cut taxes , she 's made concessions and somehow the British people simply have n't picked up the ball and run with it .
11 Now he did n't actually to begin with , he did n't pick up the concept of counting in tens .
12 But remember — raid your savings now and Santa wo n't pick up the bill .
13 What about in rounders when you could n't pick up the ball .
14 and could n't pick up the sodding two .
15 She did n't pick up the name Berowne although he knew that it was safely stowed in her mind .
16 He would n't pick up the tab for anyone else .
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