Example sentences of "you picked [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was a lot to do with telephones , ’ says Ian , ‘ like you could turn down the stereo as you picked up the phone ! ’ |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You picked up the pieces and went on . |