Example sentences of "pick [pron] [adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set down ten pairs of cards , pick them up in a pack and give them to onlookers to cut a few times . |
| 2 | What 's more , who 'd have believed he 'd picked her up in a wine bar ? |
| 3 | He was a young Irish American who 'd picked her up in a New York bar a week ago . |
| 4 | I should have enjoyed it just as well if I 'd picked it up in a bookshop , by an unknown author . |
| 5 | Whoever had brought her here must have known the place ; you could n't have picked it out in a hurry . |
| 6 | In my imagination , I was going to pick you up in a fury of emotion , toss you down on that bed — ’ |
| 7 | In addition Drury persuaded one witness to amend his evidence so as to incriminate Cooper , arranged for another to be shown a photograph of McMahon so as to pick him out in an identification parade , omitted to tell the defence of two witnesses crucial to their case , cited another as prosecution witness to prevent the defence from calling him , and bribed two prisoners in Leicester Prison , where McMahon was on remand , to say that McMahon had admitted to them his part in the crime . |
| 8 | They provided my family and I with currency exchange at competitive rates , advice on aeroplane repairs , free landing and hangarage , free overnight accommodation — and even organised on-the-spot Customs clearance when a friend came to pick us up in a twin the following morning . |
| 9 | If you have picked all the answers in this section you are the sort of person who can watch somebody do it and then pick it up in a flash — or read the handbook and you 're away . |
| 10 | Pick it up in a bag |
| 11 | He goes I pick it up in a bag and chuck it out the window ! |
| 12 | I said I 'd pick them up in an hour and then drove until I found a pub with a Bar Food sign and a quiet corner . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll pick you up in an hour , Ray . |
| 14 | Pleasant looking , medium-sized , with short brown hair , you would never pick her out in a crowd . |
| 15 | They 'll probably pick him up in a day or two . |
| 16 | He said he 'd pick it up in a month or so . |
| 17 | I 'll pick it up in a minute . |
| 18 | We could then leave it and say we 'll pick it up in an hour or so |
| 19 | Inspector Berret 's suspicions intensified when Alice James and another witness picked him out in a line-up . |
| 20 | He picked it up in an hour or two and went on to the guitar . |
| 21 | ‘ Trouble is , Danny , they beat the watchman up an' 'e picked 'em out in an identification parade , so the copper told me. 'E said I might be 'earin' from 'em . |
| 22 | On the day I got out they picked us up in a taxi at the prison and then we went to the hospital to pick him up . |