Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] pick [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The board picks up the signal , and translates it into digital data , which is then stored as a data file on the computer 's hard disk . |
| 2 | The phototransistor picks up the light emitted by the l.e.d. in the transmitter section and converts it into an analogue electrical signal . |
| 3 | In this multi-channelled world , Mr Myhrvold argues , the challenge will be not just to supply information but to make it easy for the user to pick out the specific bits he wants . |
| 4 | The driver picked up the wallet and flicked it open , his gaze going between its contents and the road . |
| 5 | The monitor picks up the amount of ultraviolet or UV rays coming from the sun . |
| 6 | The minibus picks up the Inspirals party outside the hotel in Japantown , San Francisco at 10.30 the next morning , a Sunday . |
| 7 | The girl picked up the receiver , soap suds streaming on to its cover . |
| 8 | The sun picks out the muscles in his back . |
| 9 | The sun picked up the colours of a girl 's dress . |
| 10 | Then the Judge picked up the stiff body of the student in his arms . |
| 11 | The boy picked up the knife and was about to cut into the cake when he stopped . |
| 12 | The microphone picks up the surrounding sounds and feeds them to the amplifier . |
| 13 | The general picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 14 | Everyone made it back to the rendezvous where they laid up for the day , returning in the evening to pick up the SBS group which had managed to deal with the radio station . |
| 15 | That afternoon , while the same wind , now freshened , still blew across the island and off into the North Sea , Esmerelda and I went out as usual , and stopped off at the shed to pick up the dismantled kite . |
| 16 | The sentry picked up the tags , stared at the photos and at our faces . |
| 17 | Kathleen had never been one for jewellery and the amethyst picked up the heather mauve of Isabel 's new dress and even , she thought , gave something of a fresh nuance to her mist-blue eyes . |
| 18 | If the person picks up the keys , then he or she can become the next sleeping beauty . |
| 19 | Then , still smiling , Isambard forced the boy 's wrists together , enclosed and held them mercilessly in one lean , muscular hand , and with the other picked up the dagger and tossed it after his own sword . |
| 20 | The Keeper picked up the cage and backed out , his helper careful to close the gate quickly behind him as he came out . |
| 21 | Slowly the Captain picked up the half-sovereign , and as slowly rubbed it on his sleeve . |
| 22 | The Captain picked up the external phone . |
| 23 | The guide picked up the rifle , shot and castrated him , and made off . |
| 24 | The Quartet picks up the novel where Thru leaves it , dissected and decentred in vitro , and returns it to the social and historical context out of which it arose . |
| 25 | I objected in Committee and in the House tonight to his implication — it was not stated in so many words — that the £780 million would be paid locally by the other people in the area picking up the bill for the single-person households . |
| 26 | The rod-bending bites are merely the start of a run , and it is this first powerful run , which began as soon as the barbel picked up the baited hook and gained momentum within seconds , that is the crucial time for losing fish . |
| 27 | They were concerned at the failure of the surveyor to pick up the problem , and at the cost and difficulty of seeking redress . |
| 28 | The child sat down , more from surprise than the force of the blow ; the woman picked up the shopping bags and walked on ; she knew that she was in danger of missing the train now . |
| 29 | The risk theory , therefore , requires an important value judgment in relation to any particular governmental activity : if that activity inflicts loss on private individuals , should those individuals be expected to bear it or should the government pick up the bill ? |
| 30 | 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 . |