Example sentences of "[be] pick up [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The returning echoes are believed to be picked up through the fatty interior of the lower jaw .
2 To be completely safe , he activated his automatic call-signal which would be picked up on the ground .
3 Most of the cost will at first be picked up at the federal level , but the BMFT will gradually reduce its share of financial support over the eight years .
4 ‘ But my advice is not to panic and to wait and see how many tickets can be picked up at the last minute . ’
5 Nor was she unaware of the interest Matt and Silas took in her movements , having caught glances passing between them as they paused to watch her fold the table napkins round the knives and forks which were left in readiness to be picked up from the end of the table .
6 If you are on your GP 's books , then you 'll be picked up by the schemes .
7 On the secret deal deferring payment for Rover until next March , Lord Young writes : ‘ I can offer three possibilities , in ascending order of risk that the deferment will be picked up by the commission , in which case they might require repayment of the notional interest saved .
8 Larvae may also be picked up by the bloodstream and carried to other organs ; and some might reach the anterior mesenteric artery , which is the main source of blood to the intestines .
9 But her remarks in America would subsequently be picked up by the papers here — so she would have two platforms .
10 Green sometimes accompanied by his wife , was often in Keswick on business ( he would set off walking from Ambleside , and be picked up by the carrier at Wyburn ) and would call to visit his children , and take them out for walks down to Derwentwater .
11 Am I going to some strange hospital with him to see his dad , or am I going to wander around Bristol all day waiting to be picked up by the police or my poor darling anxious parents ?
12 If you are on GP 's books , then you 'll be picked up by the schemes .
13 He would remove the radios from aircraft B and substitute them with the radios stolen from aircraft A. He would then be picked up by the aircraft he came in , leaving with the radios removed from aircraft B.
14 Any ferret can carry the transmitting device that provides the signal to be picked up by the hand-held locator .
15 This philosophy of helping elderly people return to or stay in their own or small-scale homes will be picked up by the new centres .
16 When working with mice in an isolator they may be picked up by the base of their tail using a pair of large forceps with rubber sleeves on their tips .
17 When recordings were made using DC amplifiers it became apparent that during REM sleep the eyes were almost constantly in motion , making slow , roving movements which would not be picked up by the standard ( AC ) amplifying equipment .
18 It stands in splendid isolation near the moorland road to Bowes and it was there that merchants and farmers would leave butter eggs and other foodstuffs to be picked up by the afflicted .
19 Then , in the late afternoon , Eric would be picked up by the US postal jeep , which carried important military mail from Milan to Rome by way of Verona , Bologna and Florence , and arrive in Rome at first light the following morning .
20 But now staff are being asked to deposit their used cups in special bins so that they can be picked up by the non profit making Save-a-Cup Recycling Company .
21 Well yes I , no , I would endorse that and , and hopefully perhaps you know the comments that have been made will be picked up by the press .
22 His co-pilot radioed the command centre , requesting a fix in order to enable him to plot the best route back to Britain , or at least to the channel where he could be picked up by the coastguard or a spotter plane .
23 The save_set will then be picked up by the next incremental backup .
24 Erm there are a number of matters which need to be picked up by the county council as a result of requests which we made on Friday and also you will note that a number of additional papers have been laid on the table .
25 Already re-invented by top international designers , the short skirt will undoubtedly be picked up by the high street stores , and once again start to look new .
26 Already re-invented by top international designers , the short skirt will undoubtedly be picked up by the high street stores , and once again start to look new .
27 ‘ And the commission would not agree to postpone payment until slaughter unless we could guarantee that it would be picked up by the holder of the animal when it was ten months old . ’
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29 We have n't even got a system , as far as I understand it , that 's compatible , so that it 's possible for me to send my reading lists to , for instance , so they can be picked up by the library .
30 Excessive perspiration in poorly ventilated footwear invites infection which can also be picked up in the changing rooms of public swimming pools or sports centres .
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