Example sentences of "picking up [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once it was finished we went outside and swept round the entire barrack block in an extended line , picking up litter from the damp grass . |
| 2 | In view of the fact that eye testing is important in picking up illness in the elderly and that we are in the business of preventive medicine rather than treating illnesses when they occur , will my hon. Friend keep an open mind ? |
| 3 | She thought she saw the Germans still working in the fields , and now they were picking up potatoes from the muddy ground . |
| 4 | The recession has clearly presented good buying opportunities to Prospect Industries though Philip Wilbraham denies he is a vulture purchaser who has been picking up bargains on the cheap . |
| 5 | The carrying of hand coils is only appropriate on snow arêtes ( as explained above ) , or on rock ridges of uneven difficulty , where party speed is increased by members picking up coils on the easy sections . |
| 6 | As the Oliver Sachs figure , he was awkward , introverted , Chaplinesque and observant , picking up clues on the mental state of his patients , which had been overlooked by worldlier colleagues . |
| 7 | Niki Lauda displayed courage beyond all recognition in 1976 when , six weeks after being given the Last Rites , he was back behind the wheel of his Ferrari picking up points in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza . |
| 8 | So if you 're picking up children from the Primary School in Lane Derby , there 's cable-laying going on in Street , Lane and Street . |