Sentence examples for picking it to from inspiring English sources

She is admirable in print, just as she is on the Today programme, taking the kneejerk populist position on contemporary controversies – detention without charge, anti-social behaviour, privacy – and picking it to bits.

It had anointed Microsoft as a future titan by picking it to provide the operating system software for the first IBM Personal Computer, which debuted in 1981.

Facts and Figures: Returning seven starters from last year's second-place team, Mater Dei has most coaches picking it to finish atop the league's standings.

Mad Men is close behind with five pundits picking it to win: Debra Birnbaum (TV Guide Magazine), John Kubicek (BuddyTV), Daniel Manu (Television Without Pity), Mo Ryan (Huffington Post) and me.

And then pick it to pieces.

You'd never have picked it to become the funniest comedy on American network TV.

The preseason coaches' poll picked it to finish third; a news media poll predicted a sixth-place finish.

And despite mixed reviews, the presence of "Cuckoo" seemed the biggest factor in voters' minds; they picked it to win.

A PNFP respondent stated that " The best time to disseminate results is when there is a political window like at the time of elections, then politicians pick it to their advantage.

But pick it to your taste.

Also, "it's easy to refill," he said, picking it up to demonstrate.