Example sentences of "[verb] picked [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of every chapter there 's a review of what you 've just learned and a few questions to check that it 's really sunk in ( and a mini glossary of any new terms/jargon you may have picked up on the way . |
| 2 | Er with this instruction , it will get picked up on the quality |
| 3 | So far , the tabloids only seem to have picked up on the claim that couples using brain machines together have better sex . |
| 4 | So far , the tabloids only seem to have picked up on the claim that couples using brain machines together have better sex . |
| 5 | These are n't just people I 've picked up on the street and thought , Ooh let's show some kooky S&M now ! |
| 6 | And suddenly , true to the route Ursula had picked out on the map , they reached the crest and saw Maurice 's car , parked at the far end of the lay-by where he had been told to wait , maroon and solitary against the pale expanse of chalk-smeared turf . |
| 7 | You no doubt have picked up on the typos etc. but it is sometimes useful to have another ‘ eye ’ . |