Sentence examples for pick up well from inspiring English sources

But Pabrai, who ran a technology consulting and systems integration company, found that he was able to pick up well on Buffett's value investing style and in 1999 started his own fund with $1 million from eight investors.

"The one thing CinemaScore doesn't pick up well is when feelings are passionate on either side," Rob Moore, Paramount's vice chairman, told USA Today.

"Someone not from Brooklyn can hopefully pick up, 'Well, that sounds like being a soccer mom.' " With Brooklyn's show gone, he said, and the Bronx already having its own — at least 81 nights a year at Yankee Stadium — Mr. Ames said he thought Queens deserved the next chance to emerge from Manhattan's cultural shadow on the small screen.

If you are going for a completely costume- y look, such as designing an alien or superhuman, your stylist should be extremely dramatic so that the effects will pick up well during filming.

The pair was quick to pick up well-known artists who lacked representation in Britain, such as Bill Viola, Richard Long, Jorge Pardo, and recruit younger artists on the rise, including Anton Henning and Nathan Coley, a Turner Prize nominee.

"He picks up well, but didn't do that in Dundalk.

The economic fears, weak consumer market and structural changes have hit profits and sales at traditional chains and put a dampener on private equity interest in the retail sector, leaving Ashley the opportunity to pick up well-known brands relatively cheaply.

Running as though the outing was needed, the gelding picked up well in the closing stages to finish seventh.

"They usually start to come back a bit at the Dip when they've gone fast, so I was just trying to find the right gap and she really picked up well," Moore said.

The five-year-old had shown some good form last year and on his seasonal reappearance he showed his style and picked up well under pressure from jockey Tony McCoy.

This means that Boulder picked up well over half its annual precipitation in just a couple of days.