Example sentences of "to pick [adv prt] [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One example of bad practice of this kind occurred where a hospital refused to re-admit a patient three days after discharge , and the senior social worker in desperation on a Friday afternoon sent a taxi driver to pick up a vulnerable old woman , to gather together her things , and take her into a residential care home . |
| 2 | Standing motionless , a yard inside the room , I began to pick up a strange hissing noise . |
| 3 | You must tell them that you want to pick up a thirty five percent of the first year 's payment . |
| 4 | If you do n't tell them that you 're going to pick up a thirty five percent deposit cheque . |
| 5 | 9.00am Linda pops into the Savoury Delicatessen in Clapham High Street to pick up a few essential items . |
| 6 | He nodded with patronising approval , and she had to do battle with an urge to pick up the nearest heavy object and hurl it at his infuriating head . |
| 7 | You may have to pick out the occasional burnt chip ! |