Example sentences of "pick the [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 on Thursday , we go on a book buying expedition , every year , June and me , we choose a lot of books of , but it 's a lot more fun to go and actually pick the things off the shelve
2 PICK SYSTEMS WILL HELP THE RUSSIAN TAXMAN PICK THE POCKETS OF THE POPULACE
3 It used to be Beafra picking the flies off the trees .
4 When spring arrived before one picture was complete , he paid a farm-hand to pick the leaves off the tree he was painting .
5 The same rule applies to the High Elves when choosing magic items as to anyone else ; try to pick the tools for the job , maximise your strengths and minimise your weaknesses .
6 lee would pick the girls for the evening and she would approve his choice .
7 Your vote will go help pick the winners of the seventh annual Daily Mirror British Video Awards .
8 They picked the flowers of the hedgerows and every new find had to be identified in Blackie 's .
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