Sentence examples for to pick things off from inspiring English sources

If we try to pick things off one by one, we will not accomplish much.

And as you noticed in the article, she does try to pick things off the menu that are a little less caloric (she usually avoids the foie gras).

And with $800 million in cash, "we can pick things off right at the moment we need them".

Floors tend to be concrete slabs; they're very flat with very little grade, and in general people are picking things off a shelf and putting them somewhere else".

Vieweet co-founder Domenic Versace said: "Online shopping is largely about picking things off a list.

Every so often he would stop and bend down to pick things up off the ground, each one so small I couldn't make out what they were from the window.

At the same time I wanted to create a very comfortable, cosy living space so I have tried to pick things that have softer textures to round off the edges a little – the natural paper lightshades, for example.

"I tend to pick things up, like souvenirs, cards, pins.

Some robots have pincer-like claws to pick things up.

The series also offers tips for avoiding the parasites, but they're distressingly vague and hard to follow: don't be bitten by insects; don't drink water; don't let your children pick things off the ground and put them in their mouths.

Pick things off the floor, throw away things you don't need, and straighten things up.