"You pick up the crumbs I drop at the dinner table and stick them in books, " he said.

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He told me that to be on the safe side (regarding the traffic, and also scoring the prime table he wanted overlooking the sea), he should pick us up at our hotel at 4 o'clock.

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For Saracens, it was a seventh straight league win but Sale drop to fifth in the table after failing to pick up a bonus point.

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Soon Carla Devade and Marc Devade will be together, and she will shout, and he will shout, and she will go to the bedroom and pick up a novel, any one of the many that are lying on her bedside table, and he will sit at his desk and try to write but fail.

NEWYORKER: Labyrinth

It is President Kibaki who should really pick up the phone and invite Honorable Raila Odinga to the negotiating table.

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The last time these teams met the Tigers drew 2-2 at Anfield on 13 December to pick up their 27th point and sit comfortably in the top half of the table.

BBC: Hull 1-3 Liverpool

Instead, retirees may want to pick up the phone on Wednesday morning and speak with their advisor about taking some gains off the table and prepare for a buying opportunity created by politicians.

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