Example sentences of "be picked [adv prt] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It stands in splendid isolation near the moorland road to Bowes and it was there that merchants and farmers would leave butter eggs and other foodstuffs to be picked up by the afflicted . |
2 | This philosophy of helping elderly people return to or stay in their own or small-scale homes will be picked up by the new centres . |
3 | Any ferret can carry the transmitting device that provides the signal to be picked up by the hand-held locator . |
4 | Already re-invented by top international designers , the short skirt will undoubtedly be picked up by the high street stores , and once again start to look new . |
5 | Already re-invented by top international designers , the short skirt will undoubtedly be picked up by the high street stores , and once again start to look new . |