Example sentences of "pick him [adv prt] [prep] 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 | We 've got a very good set up erm my mechanic Mick Day is coming back again tomorrow ; I 'm picking him up from the airport , so that 'll be three years with him and erm I can rely on him to sort of get things ready and erm you know , we 've got a great set up and really I can just concentrate on trying to be erm world speedway champion this year . |
| 3 | Marlon had been embarrassed by his mum coming to pick him up from the school disco . |
| 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 | Well you can pick him up on the way then could n't you ? |
| 6 | Paul 's in a meeting , but she 's going to try and pick him up on the way , or leave a note for him to follow on . |
| 7 | He had pleaded with his mother not to make him go to school , but she had insisted , saying that she would pick him up at the end of the day and take him to the hospital , and that he was to ‘ keep busy ’ . |
| 8 | Dustin asked if he could sleep at Beck 's apartment , and if he would come and pick him up at the hall . |
| 9 | Yes , why did you pick him up with the cart ? |
| 10 | And I said the thing is , she 'll pick him up off the floor or she 'll pick him up out the basket and say if you do n't give me some money for some drugs I 'll chuck him on the floor ! |
| 11 | I thought , yeah , fair enough she goes , we can go and pick him up from the child-minder and then er you can come for some tea and you 'll be home by about half seven ! |
| 12 | Cos erm Richard 's gon na pick him up from the meal . |
| 13 | And I said the thing is , she 'll pick him up off the floor or she 'll pick him up out the basket and say if you do n't give me some money for some drugs I 'll chuck him on the floor ! |
| 14 | A moment ago , the Home Secretary said that every applicant for asylum would have the right to go to an appeal tribunal , and his hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster ( Dame E. Kellett-Bowman ) rightly picked him up on the point . |
| 15 | Hilary was eighteen when Meredith picked him up at the BBC Club . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Nails ' foot hooked for him , picked him out of the water and , with a neat thrust to the chest , stood him upright . |
| 18 | There were some other guys featured but I definitely picked him out as the best . ’ |