Example sentences of "[conj] picks [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cells that contain the chlorophyll that picks up the photons are mostly sandwiched in the spongy heart ( the mesophyll ) of the leaf . |
| 2 | But anyway the idea we have to fix up some sort of system that picks up the the targets from that . |
| 3 | Trouble is that picks up the dust . |
| 4 | He clucks his tongue again and picks up the script . |
| 5 | She sighs and picks up the envelope again . |
| 6 | Sleepily a hand reaches out and picks up the receiver . |
| 7 | If its enemy is still not daunted and picks up the toad in its teeth , the poison acts so swiftly and powerfully on the mucous membranes of the mouth that the attacker drops the toad almost immediately . |
| 8 | George was second out of the hat and picks up the £100 second prize , while Yvonne is £50 better-off in third place . |
| 9 | Suppose that I am sitting by a bowl of fruit ; my hand hovers over a pear , then a peach catches my eye ; their distinctive favours revive in memory and pull against each other , then my hand moves over and picks out the peach . |