Example sentences of "[noun prp] pick up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An aid worker in Jordanian refugee camps ca n't get a TV crew from the West interested in tens of thousands of people from the ‘ Third World ’ who are about to die from starvation — all the crews are off watching Richard Branson pick up a couple of hundred westerners in one of his Virgin Jumbo Jets . |
| 2 | Waiting for Scott to pick up the telephone , Annabel could visualize the scene at the TV station . |
| 3 | Not very early , you can sleep in I 've got ta go to Waitrose to pick up the stuff . |
| 4 | Gloucester had missed four penalties … but made up for things with an opening try … as full-back Martin Roberts picked up a tap penalty and bulldozed his way through to score … |
| 5 | And Mister Johnny picked up a pitchfork … |
| 6 | Jean picked up the bag and took it home . |
| 7 | Neil picked up the book . |
| 8 | David picked up the arm and through the rack looking for new ones to put on while Sandra busied herself putting on the sleeves of the ones they had played . |
| 9 | NICK FALDO picked up the Ritz Club Golfer of the Year award and the Vardon Trophy , given to the European Tour 's leading money-winner , at the Tour 's annual dinner in London last night . |
| 10 | Corbett picked up the torch and threw it down . |
| 11 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 12 | Edward picked up the menu . |
| 13 | Edward picked up the bill and examined it . |
| 14 | Edward picked up the saw . |
| 15 | Cadfael picked up the psaltery with due respect , and laid it safely aside on the little prayer-desk . |
| 16 | Rodomonte picked up a football sized rock that lay close to the entrance , and passed through . |
| 17 | And Bobby picked up the phone when the phone rang and it was her and she sai erm Bob said yes ? |
| 18 | A barrage of punches which started with a swinging left hook left Clarkson on one knee and once the action restarted and Hardy picked up the assault , it was clear the fight would come to a quick conclusion . |
| 19 | Travis picked up the map he must have been consulting while she slept . |
| 20 | At the edge of her hearing , Bernice picked up the sound of a roaring furnace engine , overlaid with the high pitched whine of cooling heat shields . |
| 21 | Woolley picked up the tempo . |
| 22 | Offiah picked up a shoulder injury in his first match for his Australian club and is due to undergo surgery in Manchester next week . |
| 23 | Now obviously B does follow quite properly from A but let's start off with Mr Williamson picking up the question , Is the policy required and if so does it give everybody sufficient guidance . |
| 24 | Once those scenes had been completed , the carrier went back to North Island to pick up the replica aircraft and the two P–40s , and transported the entire group to Hawaii . |
| 25 | Kate bent over Nicandra to pick up the tray : ‘ And you did n't eat the half of it , ’ she said reproachfully . |
| 26 | The NHS picks up the tab , ’ he says . |
| 27 | Constantine picks up the thread . |
| 28 | Fleet diesel sales grew by 15.6 per cent last year , and Brookman naturally wants it known that Peugeot picked up the lion 's share . |
| 29 | Maggie picked up the poker and jabbed the fire with it , rearranging the coals so that even more heat was thrown out . |
| 30 | Some while later Colonel James Churchward picked up the idea of Mu . |