Example sentences of "the [noun sg] picked [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the Judge picked up the stiff body of the student in his arms . |
| 2 | The Captain picked up the external phone . |
| 3 | The rod-bending bites are merely the start of a run , and it is this first powerful run , which began as soon as the barbel picked up the baited hook and gained momentum within seconds , that is the crucial time for losing fish . |
| 4 | Picked up the pace picked up the square ball here and attacked he went went like a bomb . |
| 5 | The man picked up the fallen envelope , took the lift to the eighth floor , let himself into his apartment and slit open the envelope . |
| 6 | Indeed , in November , 1915 , American radio engineers on the tower picked up the first broadcast voices beamed across the Atlantic from Arlington , Virginia . |
| 7 | There was not much point in working harder or taking risks if the taxman picked up the main benefit of one 's success . |