Example sentences of "[vb pp] pick [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A plant 's leaves are ideally placed to detect day length , for they are designed to pick up the sun 's light for photosynthesis . |
| 2 | In addition , all water authorities spent large sums on routine river maintenance on farmland ; and still more money was spent by the Ministry of Agriculture in contributing between 30 and 70 per cent of the cost of farmers held drainage , designed to pick up the benefits of lowering the water level , a result of river engineering schemes . |
| 3 | The first thing the researchers discovered was that special infrared cameras , designed to pick up the heat given off by warm-blooded animals , failed to detect polar bears — the insulation provided by their coats is too efficient . |
| 4 | A Swedish yacht helped pick up the survivors . |
| 5 | The two players whose numbers have been called pick up the hockey sticks , and the first one to hit the ball gets the point . |
| 6 | A suitable train was scheduled to pick up the wives of the workmen along side their homes . |
| 7 | It is them that I am appealing to somebody because of the erm the the th thought transference that I am using is feeling now compelled to pick up the phone O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 8 | Finally she felt compelled to pick up the conversation , make some pretence at normality . |
| 9 | Meanwhile Dave had gone to pick up the boss from Stuttgart Airport as he was joining us for the weekend . |
| 10 | When the students were asked to pick out the photograph that most resembled them , they usually selected the most flattering one . |
| 11 | It 's the time young hounds are trained to pick up the scent of a fox . |
| 12 | You may be worrying about such people because you are left to pick up the pieces afterwards . |
| 13 | Consequently the daughter is left to pick up the pieces of the havoc caused by the strain of raised blood-pressure and general anxiety the next day . |
| 14 | And long-suffering wife Bet — actress Julie Goodyear — will be left to pick up the pieces . |
| 15 | Counselling is seldom provided in such matters : the social worker is often left to pick up the pieces . |
| 16 | But unfortunately er it seems to fall on many deaf ears and we the Society as other many charities who deal with animals are left to pick up the pieces . |
| 17 | The contractors are rightly concerned that they should not be forced to pick up the bill for problems which are not of their making . |
| 18 | As our economy has declined as our recession has turned to a slump increasingly it is the low-paid , the sick , the disabled and the unemployed who have been forced to pick up the tab for the Tory policy failure . |
| 19 | Whoever was skippering the patrol boat had n't waited to pick up the tender . |
| 20 | The basic framework of that popular culture was fairly obvious for urban workers not only lived close together in distinctive communities but had also begun to pick up the rudiments of an education and they had both savings and time to spare . |
| 21 | Husband took off his blue-tinted glasses and polished them on a silk handkerchief chosen to pick up the colours of both his suit and his tie . |
| 22 | Mrs Frizzell fumbled with handbag , parcel and gloves , and finally managed to pick up the teacup as well , and to serve herself with sugar . |
| 23 | And the look in her eye says Jill Morrell and John McCarthy have managed to pick up the pieces of their love |
| 24 | How they 've managed to pick up the pieces , when the most fundamental element of their relationship — trust — may have been shattered forever . |