Example sentences of "and picked up the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willie Moe snorted and picked up the boy by the leg and started to whirl him as if winding him up , which was part of a new routine called ‘ The Living Propeller ’ . |
| 2 | He passed her and picked up the sheet of paper . |
| 3 | Lowell bent down and picked up the fragment of urn , wiping it with the palm of his hand . |
| 4 | He was halfway through his coffee when he swung his legs off the couch and picked up the phone to the embassy . |
| 5 | The Sheikh motioned us to sit down , left his men outside , and picked up the phone on the table . |
| 6 | He probably tried the door to the house , found that unlocked as well and picked up the hammer in case he was disturbed . ’ |
| 7 | He leant forward and picked up the bunch of keys and the bit of paper . |
| 8 | The man posed as a mini-cab driver and picked up the woman outside a pub in Brockley , south-east London . |
| 9 | He returned to the Golf and picked up the invoice from the passenger seat . |
| 10 | De Raimes shrugged carelessly and picked up the lid of a warming dish , inspecting the food beneath it . |
| 11 | Simon strode over to the table and picked up the parchment on top of the pile . |
| 12 | Slowly and deliberately , he rose from his chair and picked up the piece of rope from the floor . |
| 13 | The corset buyer got to her feet grimly and picked up the glass of drinking water in front of her . |
| 14 | Devlin glanced up , smiling amiably and picked up the glass of beer in his left hand . |
| 15 | However , although several lengths behind , Clydal Pal soon moved into overdrive and picked up the leader in the home straight to win going away . |
| 16 | He sat down and picked up the sheaf of papers neatly set out on the top of his desk . |
| 17 | Charsky raised himself on an elbow and picked up the mug of coffee , while Anna slipped off her dressing gown and climbed into bed . |
| 18 | He watched the material of her shell suit strain to the limit as she bent over the coffee table and picked up the tray of cups and saucers . |
| 19 | Jean-Paul hurriedly crossed the room , and picked up the francs from the chest . |
| 20 | She took one step forward and picked up the paperweight from the vicar 's desk — a large pebble upon which Mrs Longhill had painted wild flowers as a birthday present for her husband . |
| 21 | ‘ And I 'll take this for what I 'm owed , ’ I said , and picked up the cloth of papers . |
| 22 | A long and heart-felt kiss was interrupted by the phone and I hurried back into the bedroom and picked up the extension in time to hear Ed Grainger . |
| 23 | The phone went on ringing , and finally , irritated , she stumbled off the bed and picked up the receiver from the floor where Phoebe usually left the phone . |