Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to pick [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A plant 's leaves are ideally placed to detect day length , for they are designed to pick up the sun 's light for photosynthesis . |
| 2 | And long-suffering wife Bet — actress Julie Goodyear — will be left to pick up the pieces . |
| 3 | The contractors are rightly concerned that they should not be forced to pick up the bill for problems which are not of their making . |
| 4 | It 's the time young hounds are trained to pick up the scent of a fox . |
| 5 | You may be worrying about such people because you are left to pick up the pieces afterwards . |
| 6 | But unfortunately er it seems to fall on many deaf ears and we the Society as other many charities who deal with animals are left to pick up the pieces . |
| 7 | As our economy has declined as our recession has turned to a slump increasingly it is the low-paid , the sick , the disabled and the unemployed who have been forced to pick up the tab for the Tory policy failure . |
| 8 | When the students were asked to pick out the photograph that most resembled them , they usually selected the most flattering one . |
| 9 | Consequently the daughter is left to pick up the pieces of the havoc caused by the strain of raised blood-pressure and general anxiety the next day . |
| 10 | A suitable train was scheduled to pick up the wives of the workmen along side their homes . |