Example sentences of "[vb infin] picked [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Armed with this information , they would n't have picked him out on an identity parade . |
| 2 | Well we were going to buy er a caravan when my wa er just , just before my husband died we were sort of looking for a caravan , we had gone and paid a deposit , we should have picked it up on a Saturday and he go , he died on a Friday , so I had to cancel and er only this week er I told you did n't I , that they paid my deposit back because it was genuine tragedy , I , I did n't sort of er made it up that I , you know , sometimes you 've paid a deposit and then you 've changed your mind |
| 3 | Well I 'll check in case I might have picked it up with my school stuff , to be honest |
| 4 | ‘ I could quite easily have picked it up for you . |
| 5 | I 'm glad to see the two hundred thousand , though I would have picked it up under , erm , children already erm , over the age of about five , but maybe I 've got that wrong . |
| 6 | He must have picked it up from among the sawn logs in store for fuel . |
| 7 | Whoever had brought her here must have known the place ; you could n't have picked it out in a hurry . |
| 8 | I suppose that bearded bloke must 'ave dropped it , I suppose I must 'ave picked it up without thinking and that I went off with it in an absent-minded way . |