Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] pick " in BNC.

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1 Whether Swindon eased up , or Bristol picked up , it is hard to tell .
2 Unless wages rise more slowly or output picks up faster than seems likely , Germany faces higher inflation and a growing deficit in foreign trade .
3 Hardly a day went by but she saw some lass or other picked up by them snots .
4 Departure timings advertised in this brochure for departures from London ( T.C.I. ) or Freelink pick up points are approximate .
5 Alas , it does not indicate if these are in the form of concentrates ready for market , or whether they are run-of-mine stuff or hand picked cobbed material .
6 During the period of their operations on le Fleming ground , i.e. from 1758 to 1795 , those figures which have come to light suggest a total tonnnage of about 1,454 , but this would really be stuff dressed and ready for smelting — concentrate or hand picked best .
7 We do , however , offer a two year option which can be taken by those pupils with a poor Standard Grade or pupils picking up the subject .
8 The ticks infest deer , and people are so worried by it they are culling deer and stopping vegetation reaching a height where ticks can crawl off on to people innocently walking by or blackberry picking .
9 The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely .
10 We sat down and Harvey picked up the telephone .
11 I was working on some shoes on the table , and Will picked one up and looked at it .
12 The telephone rang and Victoria picked it up .
13 Although it missed the clarity of the session version , it was still strong enough to make number one in the independent charts and NME picked it as its single of the week .
14 Kelly and Forrester picked up knocks on Saturday but are both expected to be fit for Battyburn .
15 ‘ There are only two in there , ’ she said , and Sophie picked up another one .
16 A barrage of punches which started with a swinging left hook left Clarkson on one knee and once the action restarted and Hardy picked up the assault , it was clear the fight would come to a quick conclusion .
17 A waterfall of yellowing snaps fell out onto the floor and Mollie picked one up .
18 His eyes and ears picked out a flashing red light , an insistent warning bleep .
19 And Bobby picked up the phone when the phone rang and it was her and she sai erm Bob said yes ?
20 Afterwards , as her mother got on hands and knees to pick the objects up , Kim repeatedly climbed on her back and insisted she played ‘ horsey ’ .
21 The rest of the legend states that Felix and Regula picked up their heads , waded through the water , and walked up to the hill where the Grossmunster now stands , before expiring .
22 This one now , er again hits him Mahammama on the pad , trickles out on the off side and Goch picks it up from extra cover .
23 However they got a free kick from one of their lot diving when noone was anywhere near , and Leeds were still beginning to take position when Newell I think takes the kick and Shearer picks it up and scores .
24 This one-off personalised scheme with red bars on the fuselage , wings and tailplane picks out the squadron Cross of Lorraine emblem in planform .
25 ‘ Overall , the forecasts are for a year of slow recovery from the 1991 recession , with production , demand and imports picking up and exports slowing a little ’ he concluded .
26 The Council 's initiative to set up a multi-professional group to address the borough 's drugs problem was well conceived for it allowed , for the first time , the information and concerns picked up by various parties in relation to heroin to be pulled together .
27 She lay in the garden of the Villa Alberti near Siena with Wilson shelling peas at her feet and Pilade picking grasses and admiring each one extravagantly .
28 Mr Gay pulled a knife from his waistband , but was so drunk he dropped it and Cameron picked it up and fought back as he was beaten with a baton .
29 Mick ( Yarm Piscatorials ) started on the groundbait feeder and maggot picking up mainly dace and a sprinkling of roach then , as the tide dropped , switched to the stickfloat down the edge to net the bulk of his winning haul .
30 They were waiting for the kettle to boil when the telephone rang again and Helen picked it up .
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