Sentence examples for picked off before from inspiring English sources

If the creatures hadn't, they might have quickly gotten picked off before they could establish themselves on this new territory. .

So, as we've seen before, African, Asian and Latin American countries will now get picked off.

Martinez, however, picked off Punto before throwing another pitch and then retired Carl Crawford on an inning-ending groundout.

Pick off the outer leaves first before gradually moving inward.

Charlie Pick got the first Cubs hit off Boston starter Carl Mays with two outs in the second inning, and was picked off first base before Mays threw another pitch.

Apparel stores are a special category; clothing and sales tags have to be picked off the floor before mopping and waxing can begin.

Andy Dalton's heave down the right sideline is tipped and then picked off by Corey Graham, before being returned all the way to the cusp of the red zone.

But the hosts were picked off three times before half time and fell apart completely after the interval, conceding two more goals and presenting the visitors with chance after chance.

I'm just not quick enough to keep up on the first lap and obviously I picked off quite a few before the finish which was good but unfortunately the other heat was quite a bit slower and that would have suited me better," she said.

Morgan launched Ashish Nehra for the first of two sixes and Bell picked off Sood for successive boundaries before a nudged single brought up his hundred.

Chuck Knoblauch singled to lead off the next half-inning, the Yankee fourth, before being picked off promptly with Jeter at the plate.