Example sentences of "pick [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apples such as ‘ Merton Knave ’ and ‘ Laxton 's Fortune ’ are very poor keepers and should be picked and eaten as soon as they are ripe . |
| 2 | And Oz had worked just as hard as she had , not stopping to gaze down into the dale , but picking and picking until his fingers were stained blue-purple . |
| 3 | It is an important week for the club and an expensive one for fans , who are certain to pick and choose unless the club make a cut-price gesture . |
| 4 | No good saying , trying to pick and choose cos you get what you 're given in the end |
| 5 | You go into the pick and mix and seventy five P a quarter , so you get next to nothing in the bottom of the bag |
| 6 | It not only receives , it picks and chooses and processes all it receives . |
| 7 | Ninety -nine gardeners in every hundred have to put up with the garden they have , facing the way it is , and can not pick and choose or move it around . |