Example sentences of "pick out the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were no better at picking out the faces they had seen before than the untreated subjects . |
| 2 | ‘ One piece of advice was to think back on the big innings I have played and think about the positive parts of those innings — picking out the pieces I really enjoyed . |
| 3 | Charlie parted with a halfpenny in exchange for the Daily Chronicle , then sat on the pavement and started to read , picking out the words he recognised . |
| 4 | As Chola was kneading the dough , they hovered over it in hissing black droves , and she stopped occasionally to pick out the ones she accidentally squashed , like currants . |
| 5 | After a couple of hours , the researchers showed each personality the lists , plus a randomly mixed list , and asked the subject to pick out the words he or she recognised . |
| 6 | This draws together large courtship parties , at which the females pick out the mates they prefer . |
| 7 | Now , the cheats amongst us ( like me ) will discover that you can import graphics into the Cel editor , and will quickly come to the conclusion that very lifelike images can be formed by using a scanner to scan individual frames from a film , and then pick out the bits they want and place them on cels to form a small animated sequence . |
| 8 | You see they 're again there you do n't get it in a packet you can pick out the grapes you want . |