Example sentences of "she picked [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She picked up the second carrier bag and saw me to the door with it . |
| 2 | She picked up The Cheaper Sex with the tips of her bony , scarlet-nailed fingers . |
| 3 | As she went she picked up the expensive bottle of wine . |
| 4 | Then she picked up the tall glass she had carried down with her , and which was now empty , walked sedately to the water 's edge , filled it with ice-cold water and returned to see that he had not shifted . |
| 5 | She picked up the ginger kitten and held it cradled in the curve of her neck . |
| 6 | She picked up the first box of jars and went back to the room . |
| 7 | That should shake the audience to attention , she thought , as she picked up the first book . |
| 8 | She picked up the two copies reluctantly , as though with tongs , and looked back across the desk at him defiantly . |
| 9 | Then she picked up the dirty washing and went to the door . |
| 10 | She picked up the sheet-white leg of her murdered boy and warmed it by the fire . |
| 11 | Her back still turned to him , she picked up the white plastic basket and began to hastily retrace her steps towards the cottage — and she heard him laugh . |
| 12 | She picked up The Social Aspects of Illness . |
| 13 | There were three letters and an electricity bill addressed to Mrs Emma Funnell , three circulars and — she picked up the last envelope — a cheap blue paper one and addressed to herself , not as Mrs Margaret Jones , but Mrs Peggy Jones . |
| 14 | She picked up the unfamiliar phone clumsily and by mistake depressed the re-dial key . |
| 15 | She picked up the unfamiliar word , relieved to be discussing impersonal things once more . |