Example sentences of "pick up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He passed me a map and a brochure he had picked up at the hotel . |
| 2 | ( There are also references in the body of the text , some of which are picked up at the end of the chapter . ) |
| 3 | The tag is picked up at the end of a track and the synonym will also , on average , be at or near the end of a track , not in the middle . |
| 4 | Later , much later , he put the book down , and the cuttings which he had picked up at the end of his reading . |
| 5 | ‘ The place is full most o' the time , an' since the trade 's picked up at the docks there 's more carmen comin' in all times o' the day while they 're waitin' in the rank . |
| 6 | Glancing at his watch , Donaldson saw that it was after five ; seven hours since he 'd been picked up at the courtroom , during which time he 'd skipped lunch and spent his afternoon handing tidbits to a bright primate . |
| 7 | Martin Jackson sat among the people waiting by the arrivals gate and read a journal he 'd picked up at the news-stand . |
| 8 | Oh yes Jamie 's picking up at the weekend , that 's right . |
| 9 | Carrie was eager to tell her mother how business was picking up at the dining rooms but she was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs outside and a key being inserted in the lock . |
| 10 | ‘ The C & D category societies ( the smallest ) have picked up a lot of savings business by offering high interest rates , but that money has to be lent out and the sort of mortgage business they have been picking up at the rates they charge looks very doubtful to me . |
| 11 | It 's at the top but the lift you pick up at the bottom now . |
| 12 | Er but again y'know I could in theory provide some handouts for you which you could perhaps pick up at the end of the er of the lecture from the front or even have available in a general office for you , okay ? |
| 13 | it 's a kind of thing that I think could be put and take and people could pick up at the box office |
| 14 | Her mouth picked up at the corners and she just had to laugh . |
| 15 | ‘ Most people finding that the leather handbag they picked up at the school fete was , in fact , plastic would shrug it off if the proceeds of the sale were going to a good cause , ’ said Mr Richards . |
| 16 | Currently , records back to 1986 are on the system , and retrospective cataloguing will be carried out from data picked up at the loans desk when books are issued , so that we will have records for all material in current use . |