Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] to pick up [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Wreaths to Johnathan and toys marked the spot where the devastation occurred , outside the Boots store in Bridge Street , as Warrington began to pick up the threads of normal life .
2 Fernando Trueba 's flamboyant Euro-thriller stars Jeff Goldblum as Dan Gillis , a latter-day American in Paris attempting to pick up the pieces of a failed marriage , approached with an offer to write a screenplay for charismatic first-time director Malcolm ( Dexter Fletcher ) .
3 Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears .
4 Artemis and Rosie both stood in silent uncertainty for a moment before Rosie began to pick up the marbles and put them back in their small cloth sack .
5 THE new pack leader , Gareth Llewellyn , yesterday sounded a call to arms as a reshaped Wales prepare to pick up the pieces against France in Paris tomorrow .
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