Example sentences of "down and pick [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What have we here ? ’ their father asked , leaning down and picking up the paper bag . |
| 2 | Lowell bent down and picked up the fragment of urn , wiping it with the palm of his hand . |
| 3 | One of the apes that lived among the rooftops of the city scampered down and picked up the peel , then raced back up to his vantage point beside the eaves . |
| 4 | He sat down and picked up the sheaf of papers neatly set out on the top of his desk . |
| 5 | She turned the music down and picked up the receiver . |
| 6 | She got up , made herself another coffee , sat down and picked up the note again . |
| 7 | She was looking resolutely away , so that Tug could feel what an effort it took her not to bend down and pick up the pieces . |