Example sentences of "to pick [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , well these , all wasps of course , er tend to er hit the fruit juice at this time of the year , and that fruit juice is very often fermenting , and you get a particularly er waspish reaction , er naturally , when er somebody goes to pick up a fallen apple or windfall pear , and they pick up a handful of wasp , inadvertently , and I think this year , particularly with a shortage of water , more wasps of all species have been driven to attack fruit , er and are feeding on the er fruit juice , much of which is fermenting . |
| 2 | We loaded the first two into the trailer , and were heading a few yards further on to pick up a third canister when we noticed that the enemy fire was now being directed at our part of the cornfield . |
| 3 | Little boys of seven , bandy-legged as old men expertly running for cover , little girls of five or six remembering , more often than not , to pick up the new baby and last year 's baby , to grab the two-year-old , the three-year-old before they ran off too . |
| 4 | Mr are you going to pick up the first point and then Mr . |
| 5 | Pepita began to pick up the fallen bananas and place them back in their crate . |
| 6 | This is another good reason for working samples before starting the actual garment , you will be able to tell whether you need to pick up the laddered stitches or not and that can make a big difference to the overall tension . |
| 7 | While he was speaking , Emily tried to pick up the incriminating letter and slip it into her bag , but Marcus stopped her . |
| 8 | It is surprisingly easy to pick up the physical tension and the negative emotions of others if you are at all sensitive . |
| 9 | ‘ Scurrying round to pick up the few crumbs that fall from the table ? ’ |
| 10 | Yanto realised he might well have to make a special journey to pick up the old man if Julie happened to be out . |
| 11 | Rovers stand to pick up an extra £25,000 if their former player makes the Great Britain side . |
| 12 | ‘ I put myself forward not expecting to win , but available to pick up an extra seat if it was there . ’ |
| 13 | But if you are n't prepared to wade through acres of news and advertising print , your financial adviser should be able to pick out a few plans that suit your needs . |
| 14 | David , aged nine , empties our bin in the yard to pick out the salvageable items before he crams the rest into a sack to take to the dump . |
| 15 | There 's no music policy beyond the basic house/garage starting point , but Sasha , taking over at about 5am , continues a mission to pick out the beautiful kick and rush in techno and its derivatives . |
| 16 | All the theories that we examine have variations and we shall be concerned to pick out the main themes that the different interpretations of these theories have in common . |
| 17 | Alright , simply because erm , there is , inelastic demand alright , and if there 's a very bad crop throughout the world , prices will suddenly just , just sky-rocket for , for one or two years , so that makes it difficult to pick out an underlying trend because sometimes agricultural prices are very , very high . |