Example sentences of "picked up the [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terry Miller picked up the Grantley Times . |
| 2 | In 1955 the company picked up the film rights to a popular sci-fi TV series . |
| 3 | The child sat down , more from surprise than the force of the blow ; the woman picked up the shopping bags and walked on ; she knew that she was in danger of missing the train now . |
| 4 | But er we went from erm Quay , we did stay at Belfast for a about erm just er a few hours , picked up the Belfast passengers , they , they , we did n't dock there , we they came on by tender . |
| 5 | Then , if he picked up the news magazines he was forced to read about it over and over again . |
| 6 | She picked up the stock records , she had studied them for so long that her head ached . |
| 7 | He picked up the Radio Times and glanced through the evening 's programmes . |