Example sentences of "they [modal v] pick [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 2 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 3 | I think it 's a stigma that a lot of men feel they ca n't show that they 're depressed or they 've got a problem so they 'll pick up a ph , a phone . |
| 4 | ‘ If the middle tier marketed themselves better , they could pick up a lot of business . ’ |
| 5 | His sentence was terminated when Sahara officials bailed him out and said they would pick up the tab for the room but he would have to pay for his food and drink himself . |
| 6 | Always read your press releases through very carefully , possibly get somebody else to read them through , because they will pick up the spelling mistakes , the grammatical mistakes , the punctuation errors , and they will see , when they get to the end , and say , ‘ But you have n't told us when it is . ’ |
| 7 | It 's more difficult to capture the interest of TV and radio but they will pick up an unusual event or a visit to the school by a celebrity . |
| 8 | Between them they will pick up an aggregate £1.9m to cover early termination of their service agreements . |
| 9 | They 've got a device that sings harmonies now — next the bloody things will be writing songs for us , no doubt sponsored by Pepsi , or Coke so that they can pick up the publishing . |
| 10 | Unfortunately when other divisions come and use it they seem to think they can pick up the caravan and there 'll be a wonderful display in there |