Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] picks up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hampden Babylon picks up the challenge , but shifts the spotlight away from Hollywood and its tinsel stardom to the less glamorous football grounds of Scotland , where a cast list of rogues , reprobates and reckless drivers star in the most squalid film never made . |
| 2 | One advantage of using a hearing-aid is in hearing one 's own voice ‘ from the outside ’ — the aid microphone picks up the voice of the user as well as voices of other people . |
| 3 | Certainly the kind of modern-day would-be Kerouac who survives entirely on the proceeds from trading-in free albums and indulging in the fine art of ‘ ligging ’ — tagging along to any show in town where the record company picks up the catering bill — is not extinct . |
| 4 | The back person picks up the ball and runs to the front . |
| 5 | John Ward picks up the story … |
| 6 | Final sentence ( which sums up the paragraph ) : ( 4 ) In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald picks up the theme : the valley of ashes is the general locale , all the characters of the story have to pass through it . |