Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think she 's picked up a few pointers , like how to chop an onion and how to dissolve an Oxo cube . |
| 2 | He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum . |
| 3 | We 've picked out a few packages from the Windows range , more or less at random , just to whet your appetite . |
| 4 | So again , erm a way of picking up a few marks , quite a few . |
| 5 | There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way . |
| 6 | ‘ Being used as cheap labour to break Alejandro 's ponies , ’ said Luke , taking Perdita 's suitcases from her , ‘ in return for picking up a few tips from the master . ’ |
| 7 | She leaned closer and reached out , to pick up a few strands of dark hair . |
| 8 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |
| 9 | SMALL investors could use any spare cash to pick up a few holdings in carefully chosen smaller companies . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think that professionalism as such should have a place within the playing side of the Association , ’ states the Dungiven clubman , ‘ We play for pure enjoyment and recreation and if along the way we manage to pick up a few honours , then that 's great . |
| 11 | But if you are n't prepared to wade through acres of news and advertising print , your financial adviser should be able to pick out a few plans that suit your needs . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , ’ says the ex-chief executive philosophically , ‘ when you 've managed a business in crisis mode as long as I have , you pick up a few enemies . ’ |
| 13 | At least confident that Spouse will enjoy , and probably pick up a few tips from , biography of Hitler . |
| 14 | ‘ Instead of grabbing a tin of soup the book will say , ‘ Pick up a few carrots , a leek , chop them up and throw them in water , add a dash of cream , a few leaves of chervil , and you have something homely and delicious that you have made . ’ |
| 15 | As soon as it is well open , and perhaps already dropping pollen grains on to its own stigma and petals , pick up a few grains with a small paint brush , and transfer them to the stigma of the female . |
| 16 | Pick out a few terms and decide how they are best defined . |
| 17 | Turry has to be the best-armed hero of all time and when he picks up a few power-ups you 'd think he was invincible . |
| 18 | Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying . |
| 19 | Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying . |
| 20 | Soon she would herself be in the market for a new home , and , though she and Boyd could not hope to outdo a contractor like the Mayor building for himself , she could pick up a few ideas and have them incorporated into their new house in Vanier Heights . |
| 21 | Did you manage by pick did you pick up a few words yourself ? |
| 22 | Mind you , these birds are very quick and it might pick up a few words which could be useful . ’ |
| 23 | He would be treated to the kind of service his carrier is struggling to achieve and might even pick up a few tips on how an airline should be run . |
| 24 | At the same time they might even pick up a few tips from Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram instead of trying to put them down . |
| 25 | Now , if like me you 've yet to attempt this big production number you could pick up a few tips here , after all , we 've a number of professionals in this hundred , hoteliers , dressmakers , cake makers , photographers , and video makers , registrars , ministers , but above all , we have a lot ex-brides here , and let's start off by finding how many we have . |
| 26 | He picked up a few tricks of the trade as he progressed . |