Example sentences of "[modal v] pick up on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either the salt would sting into a cut or raw spot on my body , bringing back bodily feeling in one fell swoop , or else , from somewhere in the bowels of building , my ears , questing for the remotest of stimuli , would pick up on the sound of a toilet being flushed , or perhaps a trolley banging against a wall . |
| 2 | But this if I may pick up on the point Mr made , how then do you assess the environmental impact of what you 're proposing if you do n't actually know where it 's going to go ? |
| 3 | The suggestion is that COSI will pick up on the work of Taligent Inc , the object-oriented operating software joint venture between IBM and Apple Computer Inc . |
| 4 | With closer scrutiny though , you can pick up on the activity of the street . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd be amazed what you can pick up on the remainder counter for a song . ’ |
| 6 | Bread and got some sausages bit of erm boiled ham which you can pick up on the way through |