Example sentences of "[noun pl] to pick [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Bend down at the knees to pick up a bulky object , thus avoiding back strain .
2 Harvey the conformist was the first of the five remaining customers to pick up the outsize gesture .
3 GRAHAM TAYLOR is challenging his internationals to pick up the fallen standard of English football , after Wednesday night 's triple European club disaster .
4 GRAHAM TAYLOR is challenging his internationals to pick up the fallen standard of English football , after Wednesday night 's triple European disaster .
5 Once again , although men are capable of this too , the ability is less marked , and many will rely on their women to pick up the intangible clues , or to decode their own shadowy impressions for them .
  Next page