Example sentences of "you picked [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They provided a bus , you had a bus ride and you picked up a couple of guides er , who during the night would take you over the er take you over the er Pyrenees , er over the mountains er , the Pyrenees , you see becau er you 're in need of a guide because the er the frontier posts etcetera etcetera were shut , were closed . |
| 2 | If you read that the way you picked up a wine glass was magical , then you can never do that again unself-consciously ’ — Actress Anna Massey . |
| 3 | If you were keen and that well it was up to yourself a lot how you how you picked up a lot of things because if you were keen you could pick up anything you wanted if you were n't well that was just too bad it 's your own fault . |
| 4 | ‘ There was a lot to do with telephones , ’ says Ian , ‘ like you could turn down the stereo as you picked up the phone ! ’ |
| 5 | If every time you picked up the phone and made contact with somebody and I gave you a pound , would you accept that as a deal ? |
| 6 | No , last week you probably would have got the little joining letter with map , but you probably talked to people in the branch who may have been there , or you talked to your manager , or you picked up the phone and said , how do I get here , you may have even got the map out if you were driving , to actually see what junction you came off the motorways and things like that . |
| 7 | A lot of people would have just kept it , that thirty five thousand , nothing else but you went in , you picked up the R N V R. |
| 8 | Erm , I 'd like to , I 'm glad you picked up the children looked after by the local authority , but what bothers me is the children in families that are causing concern rather than for those that are actually erm , in care . |
| 9 | You picked up the pieces and went on . |