Example sentences of "he [vb past] pick up a " in BNC.
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1 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
2 | The next night he remembered to pick up a video on the way back from work . |
3 | He had picked up a fare in the City — an army deserter called Percy Toplis , who asked to be driven to Basingstoke . |
4 | The 26-year-old striker later claimed he had picked up a groin injury but then breached club regulations and widened the rift with Wilkinson by failing to turn up for training or treatment on Monday and Tuesday . |
5 | He had picked up a group of experienced hunter-killers from the Phoenix NoGo , and turned them loose on the remaining sandrats . |
6 | His reputation as a hard man — he had picked up a conviction for GBH — had won him work on the bouncer circuit and the title ‘ King of the Bouncers ’ . |
7 | He had picked up a book and was standing there , reading it with great concentration — just as if he were in his own armchair at home . |