Example sentences of "have been picked up by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had no way of knowing that her friend had been picked up by the Communist Maquis with whom she was now living . |
| 2 | There would have been an enormous panic when they realised that the Irish girl had been picked up by the Bonnards . |
| 3 | It 's worth mentioning too , that during the year , er , Dr Tim , the general practitioner , who is seconded with er , Social Services , has been doing work on hospital discharge , making sure that the arrangements are , are working , and his reports have been picked up by the respective authorities , and , er , there has er , a sort of action plan has been put together , which is , which is intended to try to improve the er , existing hospital discharge arr arrangement , making sure that people are discharged from hospital and that the er , right type of care is available for them in , in the community . |
| 4 | Disposal of our domestic rubbish is something we tend to forget about once it 's been picked up by the dust-cart . |
| 5 | That was rotten , now Mr Coombes feels there 's something rotten about how it 's been picked up by the planners . |