Example sentences of "pick [pers pn] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually , there 's quite a good exchange on those lines in Catch-22 , the movie — much underrated film — which is n't in the book , so Buck Henry must have written it , where Nately 's been killed and Yossarian 's been to Milo 's whorehouse to see Nately 's whore and Milo 's picked him up in the half-track and he 's saying Nately died a rich man ; he had such-and-such a number of shares in M&M enterprises , and Yossarian says — ’ |
| 2 | do n't worry , it 's , it 's in the grass and she 's just picked it up in the heat wave . |
| 3 | Pierre came to pick them up in the long Mercedes and they piled in with all their bags and appurtenances . |
| 4 | This consisted of enrolling one 's child in a private playschool , which sent a car to pick him up in the morning and deposit him back on his own doorstep in the late afternoon . |
| 5 | picking us out in the battered kiosk . |
| 6 | Not like , I mean I was making my way there , he was making his way there and I would n't want them to come and pick me up in the car |
| 7 | David had told her they would pick her up in the minibus to save her driving her car all the way to the woods . |
| 8 | My people will pick us up in the night . ’ |
| 9 | The last time I saw Jonathan was Thursday evening when he picked me up in the car and we went for a drive . |
| 10 | and er I picked him , I picked him up in the road and you see I just told him , I says oh I says , you 're the very man I 'm , I 'm looking for . |
| 11 | Perhaps he just picked it up in the right place . |
| 12 | Course you have Hey quick Give me it oh crap you probably picked it up in the . |