Example sentences of "and pick [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moving like a boy in treacle , I rotate on the axis of my right knee and pick up the yard and a half of large bore nozzle between hands slick with sweat . |
| 2 | The American embassy in London reported on 23 November 1956 that " anti-American feeling is at a very high pitch and yet is accompanied by the somewhat contradictory but nevertheless complacent assumption that the U.S. is bound to come to its senses and pick up the check " . |
| 3 | Potential buyers , who have a pre-sale preview of all stock on offer , then watch the screen on sale day and pick up the phone to make a bid . |
| 4 | Sometimes it seemed that those who loved them were almost willing the band to spend their lives touring pubs , returning to Farnborough merely to return the empties and pick up the bills . |
| 5 | Next time , stay calm and pick up the pace when you can . |
| 6 | To pick them up , moisten the paintbrush slightly , draw out the bristles to make a fine point and pick up the aphids with the tip of the brush . |
| 7 | I climb out and pick up the wood arrow , |
| 8 | Because of his other highly classified projects , his office already contained all the paraphernalia of necessary secrecy : the code-block and buttons on the door , the gaggle of different-coloured telephones , the five-thousand-pound safes , even the tempered glass in the windows , as his lawyer noted at his trial , ‘ so that enemies of the country ca n't beam through the windows and pick up the sound ’ . |
| 9 | Gently hold the disc in place on the surface of a grid by means of a strong eyelash mounted to the end of a thin wooden ( orange ) stick , and pick up the disc by bringing the grid up under the disc and out of the water . |
| 10 | And pick up the paper and read the ‘ Obits ’ |
| 11 | I cram the minute halfway back into the stack of papers in the Quaker Oats box to mark where it came from and pick up the box . |
| 12 | Whether to you know sort of try and pick up the guys who are getting thrown out of Heathrow and make a long-term go of it or whether in the long term , em , they want to flog it off for gravel and you know mining it for gravel and sending it for houses and you know , that sort of thing . |
| 13 | Think of India or the hippy trail to Kathmandu and pick up the hint of the free-wheeling late Sixties flower-power look . |
| 14 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 15 | And then er Tom retired and he used to run the bus long after we start the mails and then he retired and er the bus service to come down along and pick up the passengers and that was how it start . |
| 16 | And pick up the groceries . |
| 17 | Whimper like a whipped puppy , Jay , have a drink and pick up the pieces . |
| 18 | I stretch over to the bedside table and pick up the packet and lighter , remove a cigarette and hand it to her . |
| 19 | From the comfort of my armchair I reach across the table and pick up the gun . |
| 20 | Almost all of these are now covered in a spurious black patina ( plate 8.3 ) ; indeed one can go through the sculpture galleries of the Greek and Roman Department and pick out the Payne Knight pieces from a distance , before checking against the registration number which invariably begins with 1824 . |
| 21 | I then deliberately smudge the area with my fingers and pick out the highlights with a plastic eraser . |
| 22 | I then deliberately smudge the area with my fingers and pick out the highlights with a plastic eraser . |
| 23 | Try and pick out the aspects of your background which make you especially suitable for the job you have applied for . |
| 24 | To Hazel , it seemed a likely place for a weasel : or the white owl , perhaps , might fly along the escarpment at twilight , looking inwards with its stony eyes , ready to turn a few feet sideways and pick off the shelf anything that moved . |
| 25 | He shook his head , smiling ironically , then took a quick swig from the can , before turning down the volume of the TV and picking up the phone . |
| 26 | Leaving the pants in the cupboard was possibly a nothing , and picking up the reel of red thread in the boots simply accident , done goodness knows how . |
| 27 | Emily drew a sheet of writing paper towards her and picking up the pen began to write … |
| 28 | Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ? |
| 29 | However , if a cell has too much cholesterol , it can be removed by an HDL particle colliding with the cell and picking up the cholesterol that is excess to requirements . |
| 30 | ‘ They look to be part of a community and picking up the rules of the culture . |