Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] pick [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos otherwise if you start doing it now then I might just pick up one person again and again , cos we will check as customers but we want you to take otherwise it gets very very confusing and I do n't wan na miss any of you . |
| 2 | Conscious of her troubled state of mind , Delaney gave her a quick , comforting smile , embarrassed that the others might instantly pick up any nuance of their changed relationship . |
| 3 | He can only pick up one person and throw him two metres … |
| 4 | However , these too have drawbacks , notably the lack of children in the electoral register , and the difficulty of tracing migrants who have migrated to either new doctors ( Devis , 1984 ) or to new electoral districts , but nonetheless they can still pick out new trends , like the repopulation of rural areas , long before the decennial census can ( Kennett and Spence , 1979 ) . |
| 5 | Tiki , however , sports a handy bow and arrow and can also pick up other weapons and handy methods of transport , such as balloons , along the way . |
| 6 | You can also pick out small pieces of grass or leaf . |
| 7 | As well as flying from Madrid to Miami , Iberia can now pick up extra passengers in Miami , ferrying them on in smaller aircraft to six Central American cities and the Mexican resort of Cancun . |
| 8 | You can occasionally pick up such things at local auctions , but it is largely a matter of searching until you find the right one at the right price . |