Example sentences of "[not/n't] pick [art] " in BNC.

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1 you could possibly go all that way and not pick a hand up that would make you something .
2 So there 's no scope to coast at all and not pick the strongest team .
3 You will find that this can not be pulled out in error ( who has not picked a bit of wool out only to find that it was the marker ! ) and it can either be pulled up tight later as a permanent marker or pulled out and used again .
4 Even in craft trades the cost of substituting for a wife could be high : one hatter in 1824 reckoned that if his wife had not picked the coarse hairs out of his material he would have lost from 6s to 9s 4d ( 30p to 47p ) from wages of £2 to £3 .
5 By not picking the chord my pick is free to play something completely different .
6 His flat , South London voice seemed coarse and ugly to Melanie and , once again , she hoped Victoria would not pick the accent up .
7 If the relatives could not pick the patient up , he would be lodged in the casualty department of the local hospital .
8 My function was to select and train the Pathfinders , I was given the choice of what I claim was the best and if I did not pick the best .
9 Anyway , there 's no reason why they should n't pick a law student for the first fifteen . ’
10 ‘ Bit of bad luck you did n't pick a winner , then .
11 I could n't pick the fish up because they were slippery and eluded my grasp , and when I tried to stand up I 'd slip back again amongst the icy cold debris .
12 Graham said : ‘ I ca n't pick the England team , but Ian would always be in my side . ’
13 ‘ We are not getting paranoid about it because the only difference is that the keeper ca n't pick the ball up .
14 He wo n't pick the names , he he picks up , it 's the ones he already knows .
15 I want a bloody jack but I ca n't pick the right bugger .
16 Oh you ca n't pick the that 's it .
17 They wo n't pick the phone up so wait till later .
18 Do n't pick the prickly pear with the paw when you pick the pear try to use the claw .
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