Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] pick [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first chicks peck at both food and pebbles about equally , but after a few minutes they learn the difference and thereafter pick up the food and avoid the pebbles ( especially if the latter are glued to the floor ! ) . |
| 2 | erm And I hope you 'll enjoy it and also pick up the lessons . |
| 3 | The next morning I looked out of the window of my warm bedroom into the backyard and saw a child enter the open gate from the garden , look cautiously round , lift the lid from an over-flowing garbage can and quickly and efficiently pick out the scraps of bread and other left-overs from our supper tables the previous night . |
| 4 | Now , the cheats amongst us ( like me ) will discover that you can import graphics into the Cel editor , and will quickly come to the conclusion that very lifelike images can be formed by using a scanner to scan individual frames from a film , and then pick out the bits they want and place them on cels to form a small animated sequence . |
| 5 | During the afternoon , Mr. Penny would somewhat unsteadily make his way to the trap , get in , flop down and lightly pick up the reins ; the pony knowing what had to be done would start off , quickly breaking into a spanking trot as he made his way along Milford Street . |