Sentence examples for be picked over the from inspiring English sources

On the evidence of Chittagong there is a very good chance that he will be picked over the next month or two – before anybody else.

Most of the choices will be made by majority vote and not, as in the past, by unanimity, ending the right of veto though nobody would want to be picked over the objections of a big EU country.Speculation over candidates to be European Council president is rife even though the functions of the job remain fuzzy, as does its relationship to governments that still hold the rotating EU presidency.

Don't be picking over the bones.

Together we'll be picking over the bones of the festival.

Distributor 20th Century Fox and producer/director/co-writer Vaughn will now be picking over the details of what went right.

The idea [he] would be picking over the editorial agenda of the Today programme or PM can only be a charge of people who don't understand how these structures work".

Stock analysts and investors will be picking over the details of Tuesday's proposed stock swap —  a more complicated undertaking than a straight cash deal. .

Americans were picking over the technological remains of German industry.

Never is that clearer than when he's picking over the tuition fees debacle.

Tennessee is picking over the ruins of the Titans like a house that burned down.

Discussion on Internet movie sites is picking over the potentially sinister implications.