Example sentences of "he picked up the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he picked up the internal phone and pressed a button . |
| 2 | He picked up the blue card again , thinking about his novel . |
| 3 | He picked up the sharp knife once more with a frown and growled at the meat as he diced it , imagining that it was Bessie he was carving up . |
| 4 | ‘ He picked up the burning bomb , which promptly blazed its way through the handle , so the only way to put it out was by throwing on his great coat . |
| 5 | He picked up the lop-sided contraption that was meant to be his pheasant trap . |
| 6 | He picked up the folded-over paper , flicked it so he could scan the lower half of the broadsheet . |
| 7 | When he was satisfied that he was all right and that no-one had heard him , he picked up the brown bag and moved into the safety of the trees . |
| 8 | He picked up the old shawl and straw hat too . |
| 9 | By the look of him , however , his chief had not perhaps shared a similarly successful period of recuperation , for he sounded tetchy as he picked up the brief note Lewis had left him . |
| 10 | Ben Hanbury is flying as well and he picked up the big race there yesterday with White Crown . |
| 11 | He picked up the broken pot and went away . |
| 12 | When he saw Robert , he picked up the little boy and ran towards the house . |
| 13 | He picked up the dead man 's only possession , a straw mat , and together he and Dong dragged the body out of the barrack and through the mud towards the jungle half a mile away . |