Soon other glasses in the house began to pick up the sound.

After a period of little activity, things began to pick up.

But you can feel the energy beginning to pick up.

In the second half of the year, sales began to pick up.

We've been here for a year, and things are just now beginning to pick up.

After the third pass, he began to pick up speed.

The total numbers of teachers fell in the early 1980s and only began to pick up after 1983.

Starting last summer, the violence began to pick up again.

He began to pick up the papers on the floor.

Things finally began to pick up in the late 1870's.